Bucharest, capital of Roumania, picturesquely situated on the Dambovitza, a tributary of the Danube, in a fertile plain, 180 m. from the Black Sea; is a meanly built but well-fortified town, with the reputation of the most dissolute capital in Europe; there is a Catholic cathedral and a university; it is the emporium of trade between the Balkan and Austria; textiles, grain, hides, metal, and coal are the chief articles in its markets.
Population (circa 1900) given as 220,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Buchanites * Buchez, Joseph