V. MRKVITCHKA and NOEL POCOCK*

1. A Young Shop Man of the District of Sofia _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

2. A Contented Turk 8

3. A Peasant at Work--District of Tsaribrod 17

4. Women of Pordim, in the Plevna District 19

5. In the Harvest Fields near Sofia 22

6. A Shop Woman of the District of Sofia 24

7. A Woman of Thrace, of the Shop Tribe, and of Macedonia 33

8. *Sistov, on the Danube 40

9. Ancient Costume of Balkan Peasant Women near Gabrovo 49

10. A Wedding in the Rhodopes 56

11. *Roustchouk, on the Danube 65

12. "Mystery"--a Study in the Roustchouk District 67

13. A Blind Beggar Woman 70

14. A Young Married Shop Woman 72

15. *A Bulgarian Market Town 75

16. Blessing the Lamb on St. George's Day 78

17. *The Cathedral, Sofia 81

18. *An Adrianople Street 88

19. *The Shipka Pass 97

20. A Young Widow at her Husband's Grave 104

21. Gipsies 113

22. A Peasant of the Tsaribrod District 120

23. The Ratchenitza, the National Dance of Bulgaria 129

24. A Bagpiper 136

25. A Young Girl of Irn 145

26. Guarding the Flocks and Herds 152

27. An Old Street in Philippopolis 161

28. A Grave Question 168

29. A Young Man of the Choumla District 177

30. *A Bulgarian Farm 184

31. A Young Woman of the Roustchouk District 193

32. At the Well 200

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