This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...In the north of Hungary opals are obtained. The commerce of Austria by sea is almost confined to the Mediterranean. None of the great states of Europe is more diverse in race and language than Austria-Hungary. The people in the west are chiefly of German origin and speak the German language; but elsewhere the majority ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...In the north of Hungary opals are obtained. The commerce of Austria by sea is almost confined to the Mediterranean. None of the great states of Europe is more diverse in race and language than Austria-Hungary. The people in the west are chiefly of German origin and speak the German language; but elsewhere the majority of the people are Slavs. The ruling race in Hungary is that of the Magyars1 (whose language still survives), and in the east of the empire the Jews form an influential and rapidly increasing element of the population, having the command of the entire trade. Intellectually the Germans are the most advanced section of the population. As this section decreases in number towards the east, so also does the general level of intellectual culture decline, and with it the state of agriculture and manufacturing industry. The most thickly populated parts of the empire are the plains on the Danube, along the spurs of the Alps, and the manufacturing strip in the north. The diversity of the political divisions and the complexity of the government correspond to this variety of race and language; and these differences are indications of the manner in which the monarchy grew. The.great political divisions having historical names and designations (Archduchies of Austria, Kingdoms of Hungary, Bohemia, etc.) are mainly the representatives of once independent states, which have been successively added entire to the possessions of one reigning family, that of the Hapsburgs, who acquired the sovereignty of the archduchies of Austria in 1282, and that of the kingdoms of Bohemia, Moravia, and Hungary in 1526. The Government is a limited monarchy, and there are various Parliaments. First, the crown-lands or political divisions just referred to are divided into two grea...
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