Photograph from Francis P. Marchant 



the; hundred-towered Prague 



Besides Prague, other notable cities of Bohemia and Moravia are : Carlsbad, whose 

 healthful springs, magnificent pine forests, and picturesque setting have delighted thousands 

 of Americans; Pilsen (Plzen), Budweis (Budejovice), Briinn (Brno), and Olomoric. 



Such were, during one_of the darkest 

 periods of European history and when 

 schooling' was so debased, the notions of 

 this great exile whose life-long desire 

 was to return to Bohemia ; he was not 

 permitted to do so and died at Amster- 

 dam, Holland, predicting the fall of the 

 Habsburgs and the future freedom of his 

 country. 



For a century and a half following the 

 debacle of Bila Hora (see page 175) the 

 exhausted, ravaged nation produces no 

 men of more than local reputation ; but 



in 1773 there is some reform of schools, 

 and the development of a whole series of 

 eminent men, not a few of whom reach 

 international reputation, promptly fol- 

 lows. 



SOME OP THE MEN BOHEMIA HAS 

 PRODUCED IN RECENT TIMES 



The year 1798 sees the birth of the 

 greatest Bohemian historian, Frantisek 

 Palacky (1798- 1876). Writing in Czech, 

 as well as German, he edits the Bohemian 

 Archives, publishes what has been saved 



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