Our Little Austrian Cousin

In this volume I have endeavored to give my young readers a clearer and a more intimate knowledge than is usually possessed of the vast territory known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is a collection of provinces united under one ruler, and which is, strange to say, the only country of importance in the world that has not a distinctive language of its own, since the various races-German, Slav, Magyar and others-each speak their own tongue. The book is chiefly devoted to Austria proper...