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Title: The Shores of the Adriatic
The Austrian Side, The Kuestenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia

Author: F. Hamilton Jackson

Release Date: November 26, 2009 [EBook #30548]

Language: English

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THE SHORES OF THE ADRIATIC

THE AUSTRIAN SIDE

[Illustration: HERZEGOVINIAN WOMEN AT A BAKER'S SHOP IN RAGUSA.

_Frontispiece_]

THE SHORES OF THE ADRIATIC

THE AUSTRIAN SIDE

THE KUeSTENLANDE, ISTRIA, AND DALMATIA

By F. HAMILTON JACKSON, R.B.A.

VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF DECORATIVE DESIGNERS CANTOR LECTURER,
ETC.

FULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH PLANS. DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR, AND PHOTOGRAPHS
TAKEN SPECIALLY FOR THIS WORK

[Illustration]

LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1908

PRINTED BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

PREFACE

This volume is complementary to that dealing with the Italian side of
the Adriatic, and follows much the same lines. It has not been thought
necessary to repeat what appeared there about the sea itself, but some
further details on the subject have been added in an introductory
chapter. The concluding chapter treats of the influence which the two
coasts exerted on each other, and contains some hints as to certain
archaeological problems of great interest, which deserve fuller and more
individual treatment than they can receive in such a work as the
present.

In a country which still contains so much that is unfamiliar, so many
mediaeval survivals in customs and costume, and so much that is fine in
scenery, architecture, and the decorative arts, the picturesque aspect
of the country has been dwelt upon more than was the case in dealing
with the Italian side, and the meticulous description of buildings