Chapter I: Front Matter

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Our Little Hungarian Cousin

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BY MARY HAZELTON WADE

(unless otherwise indicated)

=Our Little African Cousin=

=Our Little Alaskan Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Arabian Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little Armenian Cousin=

=Our Little Australian Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Brazilian Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Brown Cousin=

=Our Little Canadian Cousin=
By Elizabeth R. MacDonald

=Our Little Chinese Cousin=
By Isaac Taylor Headland

=Our Little Cuban Cousin=

=Our Little Dutch Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little Egyptian Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little English Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little Eskimo Cousin=

=Our Little French Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little German Cousin=

=Our Little Greek Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Hawaiian Cousin=

=Our Little Hindu Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little Hungarian Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Indian Cousin=

=Our Little Irish Cousin=

=Our Little Italian Cousin=

=Our Little Japanese Cousin=

=Our Little Jewish Cousin=

=Our Little Korean Cousin=
By H. Lee M. Pike

=Our Little Mexican Cousin=
By Edward C. Butler

=Our Little Norwegian Cousin=

=Our Little Panama Cousin=
By H. Lee M. Pike

=Our Little Persian Cousin=
By E. C. Shedd

=Our Little Philippine Cousin=

=Our Little Porto Rican Cousin=

=Our Little Russian Cousin=

=Our Little Scotch Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little Siamese Cousin=

=Our Little Spanish Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Swedish Cousin=
By Claire M. Coburn

=Our Little Swiss Cousin=

=Our Little Turkish Cousin=

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Our Little
Hungarian Cousin

By
Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

Author of "_Our Little Spanish Cousin_," "_Our Little Alaskan
Cousin_," "_Our Little Grecian Cousin_," "_Our Little
Australian Cousin_," "_With a Pessimist
in Spain_," "_God, the King, My
Brother_," etc., etc.

_Illustrated by_
John Goss

Boston
L. C. Page & Company
_MDCCCCIX_

_Copyright, 1909_
BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

_Entered at Stationers' Hall, London_
_All rights reserved_
_First Impression, October, 1909_

_The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U. S. A._

To
Philip Henry de Roulet

Preface

A PART of the great Austrian Empire, Hungary, is a kingdom in itself, with its own laws and its own government. Through this land runs the "beautiful blue Danube," with castles and towns upon its wooded banks; on one side the mountains, on the other the Great Plains.

Here dwell many races with quaint customs and quainter costumes, and it is of these people that you will read in OUR LITTLE HUNGARIAN COUSIN.

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I. WITH THE TZIGANES 1
II. ALONG THE GYPSY TRAIL 11
III. AT THE GULYAS' HUT 27
IV. DESERTED! 39
V. THE FAIR OF HAROM-SZOeLOeHOZ 55
VI. VILLAGE LIFE 71
VII. THE UNEXPECTED 83
VIII. MARUSHKA MAKES A JOURNEY 106
IX. "OH, THE EYES OF MY MOTHER!" 123

List of Illustrations

PAGE
"HE . . . QUICKLY BEGAN A LITTLE TUNE"
(_See page 66_) _Frontispiece_
"SEARCHED THROUGH BANDA BELA WITH A KEEN GLANCE" 7
WASHING IN THE RIVER 59
"'WHO IS THIS CHILD?' DEMANDED THE BARONESS" 82
"FIRST CAME MARUSHKA" 92
"'ACROSS THE RIVER YOU SEE BUDA,' SAID THE BARONESS" 115

Our Little Hungarian Cousin