Chapter VIII: Walks and Excursions near Prague 197

_Note_ 201

_Appendix_ 203

_Princes of Bohemia_ 204

_Kings of Bohemia_ 205

_Index_ 207

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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_The Pulverthurm_ (_photogravure_) _Frontispiece_

_Tomb of Ottokar I._ 6

_The Jewish Cemetery_ 9

_The Hradcany and Ottokar Towers_ 13

_Charles IV., from Triforium of St. Vitus_ 16

_The Gothic Projection, Carolinum_ 19

_The Bridge Tower of the Malá Strana_ 27

_Statue of St. John Nepomuk on the Bridge_ 30

_Medals of Hus_ 33

_Medals of Hus_ 39

_The Bridge Tower of the Old Town_ 45

_The Hradcany_ 53

_View of Prague and Hradcany Castle_ 61

_The Town Hall and Market-Place_ 71

_South Porch of Tyn Church_ 75

_Clock Tower in Town Hall of Staré Mesto_ 80

_Chapel of Town Hall_ 83

_Wenceslas Chapel, St. Vitus's Cathedral_ 91

_The East Gate of the Hradcany_ 97

_Rudolph II._ 101

_Tombstone of Tycho Brahe in Tyn Church_ 104

_The Royal Officials are Thrown from the Windows on May 23, 1618_ 111

_Battle of the White Mountain, November 8, 1620_ 115

_The Executions on the Market-Place of the Old Town of Prague on the 21st of June 1621_ 121

_The Dungeon in the Town Hall_ 125

_Bethlehem Chapel_ 127

_The Old Synagogue_ 129

_Secret Seal of the Malá Strana_ 133

_The Oldest Great Seal of the Old Town_ 139

_Gate of the Clam-Gallas Palace_ 141

_The Hall of Vladislav in the Hradcany Castle_ 145

_The Most Ancient Shield of the Old Town_ 148

_View of Strahov_ 150

_St. Vitus from the 'Stag's Ditch'_ 153

_The Tyn Church_ 157

_The Library, Strahov_ 161

_Most Ancient Arms of the Malá Strana_ 163

_The Powder Tower_ 169

_Door of Old Synagogue_ 171

_Jewish Town Hall and Old Synagogue_ 175

_Chapel of St. Martin_ 182

_Karlov_ 186

_From the Bridge Looking Towards the Old Town_ 188

_View of the Bridge from the Mills of the Old Town_ 191

_The 'Star' Hunting Lodge_ 199

_The Oldest Great Seal of the Malá Strana, Thirteenth Century_ 200

_View of Prague in 1606, after Sadeler's famous Engraving, in Three Sections_ _facing_ 206

_Map of Prague_ " 212