Part of a series of articles on Central and Eastern Europe. See also 'Moldo-Wallachia', Household Words, VIII, No. 183;  'The Gipsy Slaves of Wallachia', Household Words, VIII, No. 185; 'A Wallachian Squire', Household Words, VIII, No. 189; 'Turks in Bulgaria', Household Words, VIII, No. 190; 'Protégés of the Czar', Household Words, VIII, No. 194; 'Varna', Household Words, VIII, No. 195; 'A Border of the Black Sea', Household Words, VIII, No. 200.