Chapter III

LANGUAGES OF THE SORABIAN-VENDES IN LUSATIA, AND OF OTHER. VENDISH TRIBES NOW EXTINCT.

History, 298.--Branches: The Obotrites, 300.--The Wiltzi, or Pomeranians, 302.--The Ukern in Brandenburg, 303.--The Sorabians or Vendes in Lusatia, 304.

1. _Vendes in Upper Lusatia._

Language, 308.--Influence of the Reformation, 308.--Two systems of orthography, 310.--Literary efforts, 311.

2. _Vendes in Lower Lusatia._

Language, 313.--Literature mostly religious, 313.--Philological works, 314.

_Part Fourth_.

SKETCH OF THE POPULAR POETRY OF THE SLAVIC NATIONS.

SLAVIC POPULAR POETRY: Difficulties of the subject, 315.--Still flourishes only among Slavic nations, 317.--Its antiquity and prevalence, 318.--Nothing in it of romance, 319.--Different moral standard, 320.--Nothing dramatic, 322.--Sometimes allegorical, 323--_Elegy_, 323.--Antithesis, 324.--Standing epithets, 325.--Plastic, 325.--Personifications, 327.--Superstitions, 328.--_Jelitza and her Brothers_, 329.--Moral characteristics, 332.--Love and heroism, 334.--Hopeless love, 336.--_The Farewell_, 336.--A mother's and sister's love, 338.

EASTERN SLAVI.

RUSSIAN POPULAR POETRY, 339.--Character and antiquity, 339.--Tenderness, 342.--_The Postilion_, 343.--Diminutives, 344.--Melancholy, 344.--Hopeless love, 344.--_Parting Scene_, 346.--_The Dove_, 347--_The Faithless Lover_, 349.--Veneration for the Tzar, 350.--_The Boyar's Execution_, 350.--_The storming of Azof_, 353.--Malo-Russian songs, 354.--The Kozaks, 355.--Their history, 356.--Their ballads, 358--_The murder of Yessaul Tshural_, 359.--_Lament for Yessaul Pushkar_, 360--_Song of the Haidamack_, 362.--_Sir Sava and the Leshes_, 363.--_The Love-sick Girl_, 365.--_The Dead Love_, 366.

SERVIAN POPULAR POETRY, 366.--Only recently known, 367.--Characteristics, the Guslè, 369.--Cheerfulness, 369.--Roguery, 370.--Passion, 371.--_Parting Lovers_, 371.--_Rendezvous, St. George's Day_, 372.--_United in Death_, 373.--_Household Matters_, 374.--Heroic poems, 374.--Ravens ill boding, 376.--Subjects, 377.--Rite of brotherhood, 378.--Modern heroic poems, 379.--Vuk Stephanovitch as collector, 381.--Music, the Guslè, 382.--In what parts of the country prevalent, 383.--BULGARIAN Ballads, 383--_The Slave Gangs_, 384.

POPULAR POETRY OF THE SLOVENZI, 384.--_The Dovelet_, 385.

WESTERN SLAVI.

BOHEMIAN POPULAR POETRY, 386.--Ancient Bohemian songs compared with Servian and Russian ballads, 386.--German, influence, 388.--_The Forsaken Maiden_, 389.--_Liberal Pay_, 389.--_Happy Death, The Lying Bird_, 300.--_The Dead Love_, 391.

SLOVAKIAN Ballads, 392.--_The Mother's Curse_, 392--_Sun and Moon_, 394.

POLISH POPULAR POETRY, 394.--Formerly neglected, 395--Ancient hymn, 396.--Ballads, characteristics, 396.--_Invasion of the Tartars_, 397.--Orphan ballads, 399.--_Poor Orphan Child_, 399.

POPULAR POETRY OF THE VENDES, 400.--Characteristics, 401.--_The Orphan's Lament_, 401.--_Good Advice for Lads_, 402.--Dying out, 404.

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS, 405.

INDEX OF SLAVIC AUTHORS, 407.

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NOTE.

On the Orthography and Pronunciation of Slavic proper names, see the note on p. 151; also the note under the letter V in the Index.

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HISTORICAL SKETCH.