Gr 6-10-The initial chapters go over basic geography, history, and government, while the bulk of the book examines Croatia's culture and contemporary life. The short chapters are divided into highlighted segments of a page or two. This format allows easy access to information. Covering so much, however, has led the author to lapse into tour-book types of descriptions or simple lists of things. How meaningful are references to architectural styles (Byzantine, Renaissance, and Baroque) or to "Musical texts in neumatic notation" without an explanation or illustration? Is it essential to list 15 islands off the Adriatic coast? Some oversimplification in historical and cultural information is perhaps unavoidable, but the statement that "Catholics worship images of the mother and child" in contrast to the Orthodox veneration of icons is simply incorrect.
