Stories of Poland . X STORIES OF POLAND. BY ROBIN •6aRVER. Y. BOSTON: CARTER, HENDEE; AND CO. 1833. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1833, BY CARTER, HENDEE, AND CO. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. LANCASTER ; ANDREWS, AND CO., PRINTERS. TO MY YOUNG READERS. You are desirous to learn about the history of Poland, because it is the history of a brave, though an unfortunate, people. It is a people now fallen but not dishonoured, xscattered but not destroyed, chained but not crushed. We may yet see them a free and happy nation. ROBIN CARVER.
Stories of Poland . X STORIES OF POLAND. BY ROBIN •6aRVER. Y. BOSTON: CARTER, HENDEE; AND CO. 1833. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1833, BY CARTER, HENDEE, AND CO. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. LANCASTER ; ANDREWS, AND CO., PRINTERS. TO MY YOUNG READERS. You are desirous to learn about the history of Poland, because it is the history of a brave, though an unfortunate, people. It is a people now fallen but not dishonoured, xscattered but not destroyed, chained but not crushed. We may yet see them a free and happy nation. ROBIN CARVER. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Description of Poland.—Warsaw.—Its inhabitants-Trade.—Ride about the country.—Peasants.—Costumes. 9 CHAPTER II. Exercises and amusements.—Houses.—The No-bility.—An entertainment.—Animals. The Elk 5 the Bohac 5the Titmouse.—Grottos.—The Jews. - - - 16 CHAPTER III. Cracow.—Old Palace.—Cathedral.—Burial of aKing.—Monuments.—Charles XII. at the tomb of Sobieski.—Sobieski.—His battles with the Turks.—Ma
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