Arthur John Butler

Name: Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Author: Arthur John Butler

Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1888)

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“Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition”, published in 1888, is a work by Arthur John Butler. It explores elements such as Tyrol, valley and counts.

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Arthur John Butler, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1888)

“ The general average of comfort in Tyrol is high, and the cost of living is very moderate. The peasant and his family are clothed in stuffs spun and woven at home, from the wool and flax produced in their own neighbourhood. The people are for the most part somewhat reserved in manner, hut courteous and hospitable. The savage fights which used to be a favourite pastime among the younger men are now almost, or quite, a thing of the past. In some valleys there is a good deal of musical talent; and companies of Tyrolese singers, particularly from the Ziller valley, travel about all over Germany. ”

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Arthur John Butler, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1888)

“ Of late years the cultivation of fruit has much developed, especially in south Tyrol. Silk is also produced (in 1885 1268 tons of cocoons) . Game is still plentiful in the remoter valleys. In every district there are a certain number of licensed hunters, the prin cipal game being red deer, chamois, hares, blackcock, ptarmigan, &c. Mining occupies about one-fifth of the population. At Hall near Innsbruck are important salt works, and at Brixlegg in the same valley copper and lead are smelted. Iron is worked at Fulpmes in the Stubai valley and at Prad in the Vintschgau. ”

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Arthur John Butler, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1888)

“ The religion is almost exclusively Roman Catholic; but in Innsbruck there are some hundreds of Protestants. The priests belong chiefly to the peasant class, and receive their education at Brixen and the university of Innsbruck. ”

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Arthur John Butler, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1888)

“ Agriculture and forestry occupy about two-thirds of the entire population. Every householder owns a piece of cultivable land in the valley, while his goats, sheep, or cattle are driven with those of his neighbours to the mountain pastures (Alpen, Almen) which belong to the commune. Each commune has a president chosen by an elected committee of householders. The man selected cannot decline, but is bound to serve his term of office. The tenure of property is for the most part of the nature of absolute ownership. ”

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Arthur John Butler, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1888)

“ Margaret thereupon made over all her possessions to the house of Hapsburg, and since that time Tyrol has formed part of the hereditary dominions of the archdukes of Austria (see Austria) . The fidelity of the Tyrolese to their counts has for many centuries been proverbial. The Brenner has more than once offered them a secure line of retreat and the mountains a rampart of defence. Maximilian I. (1493-1519) had an especial affection for Tyrol. He conferred on the province its present title of Die gefiirstete Grafschaft; he profited on more than one occasion by the refuge it afforded ”

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Arthur John Butler, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1888)

“ After their subjection by Rome these races became Romanized and shared the fortunes of the empire. Their position on and about the roads by which the central Alps are most easily crossed laid them especially open to inroads, and before the end of the 3d century the Alemanni had traversed the country. ”

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Arthur John Butler, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1888)

“ Zinc is found at the head of the Passeir valley. In the Middle Ages gold and silver were found in sufficient quantities to make it worth while to extract them. About 4340 square miles of the country are covered with forest, chiefly pine, fir, and larch, which, however, is felled in a recklessly wasteful way. ”

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Arthur John Butler, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1888)

“ Of these 432,062 spoke German, 360,975 Italian or some Romance dialect, and the re mainder some form of Slavonic; 565,468 persons were able to read and write, 56,728 to read only, leaving about 222/3 per cent, of the total population, including children, wholly illiterate. Education is strictly compulsory ”

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