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BOHEMIA UNDER
HAPSBURG MISRULE

A Study of the Ideals and Aspirations of the Bohemian and
Slovak Peoples, as they relate to and are affected
by the great European War

EDITED BY

THOMAS ČAPEK
Author of “Slovaks of Hungary,” etc.

New York⁠Chicago⁠Toronto

Fleming H. Revell Company

London and Edinburgh

Copyright, 1915, by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY

New York: 158 Fifth Avenue
Chicago: 125 N. Wabash Ave.
Toronto: 25 Richmond St., W.
London: 21 Paternoster Square
Edinburgh: 100 Princes Street

Dedicated
To the Cause of
Bohemian-Slovak Freedom

⁠“I trust in God that the
Government of Thine affairs will again
revert to Thee, O Bohemian People!”
John Amos Comenius.
(In exile.)

CONTENTS

(not listed in original)

Preface⁠

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7

I.

Have the Bohemians a Place in the Sun?

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17

Thomas Čapek

II.

The Slovaks of Hungary

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Thomas Čapek

III.

Why Bohemia Deserves Freedom

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123

Professor Bohumil Šimek

IV.

The Bohemian Character

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130

H. A. Miller.

V.

Place of Bohemia in the Creative Arts

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153

Professor Will S. Monroe

VI.

The Bohemians and the Slavic Regeneration

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160

Professor Leo Wiener

Addenda. The Bohemians as Immigrants

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176

Professor Emily G. Balch

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