Bulgaria, The Peasant State 



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Photo by F. J. Koch 

 PRIEST AND PEASANT: TIRNOVO, BULGARIA 



Tirnovo was the ancient capital of Bulgaria. It was here that Prince Ferdinand was 

 -crowned "Czar of the Bulgarians," resuming the title which had ceased when the Ottomans 

 •conquered Bulgaria 510 years ago. The Bulgarians are of the Slavic race, but get their name 

 from the Bulgars, a people of Finnish stock, who came from the southeastern steppes of 

 Russia about 800 A. D., and established a powerful state across the Danube. The Bulgars 

 eventually lost their individuality, being merged into the more numerous Slavs. 



Macedonia, and the use of the knife in The Bulgarians owe much to the 



^quarrels, so common in southern Europe, 

 are alike unknown."* 



* J. D. Bourchier, many years correspondent 

 of the London Times in the Orient, in Encyclo- 

 pedia Britannica, Vol. 26. 



American missionaries, both directly and 

 indirectly. For one thing, the Ameri- 

 cans have excited, without intention, the 

 jealousy of the Orthodox Church, which 

 has undoubtedly assisted in keeping the 



