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kopulos, and " Padomazoma." a prize pl;:y, by De- 

 metrius Kaniburoglos. The former author (with his 

 tragedy " Irene tlie Athenian ") and the latter (witli 

 the comedy " The Key of the Till ") were su< 

 ful in the dramatic competition of Lassanis. for 

 which, it i< said, 13 comedies and 31 other plays 

 were sent in. most of them not worthy of note, the 

 comedies being remarkably coarse and common- 

 place. 



Holland. (For Flemish authors, see Belgium.) 

 Various phases of national history are treated in 

 liscussion of the "separation of 

 North and South Xetherland in Io79"; H. Brug- 

 inans's " Verslag van een Onderzoek in Engeland 

 naar Archivalia." relating to Holland : E. ~\V. 

 i'a meritorious " Iconographia Batavia " : A. J. 

 M. Brouwer-Ancher's book on " De Gilden " of 

 Amsterdam: and F. van Rijsens's " Geschiedenis 

 van ons Vaderland." Xew works on the Dutch 

 East Indies include G. B. Hooijer's important 

 " Krijgsgeschiedenis van Xederlandsch-Indie, 1811- 

 'U4" and J. NY. Youngs's " Uit de Indo-Chineesche 

 Samenleving " ; a new weekly, " Insulinde," has 

 appeared, and new letters of Multatuli and his 

 wife, as well as the correspondence of W. K. Baron 

 van Dedem, have been published. The Chinese 

 form the subject of Henri Borel's ' AVijsheicl en 

 Schoonheid" (modern, philosophical, and artistic) 

 and the unassuming, matter-of-fact, and humorous 

 ' Chineesche Karaktertrekken " of Meischke Smith. 

 Ch. Boissevain's volume of lively and interesting 

 newspaper letters from Palestine and Egypt, J. Th. 

 de Visser's account of a similar trip, F. J. v. Uil- 

 driks's " Bij Turken en Arabicren." W. van Geer's 

 "Opkomst van het nederlandsch Gezag over Ceilon," 

 C. B. Spruyt's " Afrikaners en Xederlanders " are 

 also noted. G. Kalff writes of the literature of 

 Amsterdam in the seventeenth century in his ex- 

 ceedingly clever " Literatuur en Tooneel " : \V. 

 Kloos of "Vertien Jaar Literatuur-Geschiedenis, 

 1880-W; and Henri Viotta of "Onze heden- 

 daagsche Toonkunstenaars." Roosegaarde Bis- 

 schop traces " De Opkomst der Lond. Geldmarkt 

 van 1640-1826.'' "Jos. Alberdingk Thijm in Zijne 

 Brieven geschetzt als Christen, Mensch, Kun- 

 stenaar" is issued by C. Alberdingk Thijm. Among 

 the many philosophical works are K. 0. Meinsma's 

 excellent "Spinoza en Zijn Kring'': translations of 

 Spinoza's "Ethica," by Meyer and Gorter: an in- 

 troduction to the study of modern philosophy, 

 "Opmerkingen over de Vorming en den Aard 

 onzer Kennis," by R. P. Mees; D. G. Jelgersma's 

 " De Ontkenning der Moral " (defending " the con- 

 ventional conception of morality against revolu- 

 tionists like Ibsen and Xietzsche ") i; Prof. Hoek- 

 stra's somewhat dogmatic " WijsgeerigeGodsdienst- 

 leer" and his ' Geschiedenis van de Zedenleer"; 

 and philosophical studies by Dr. van Deventer (on 

 Plato) in the " Tweemaandelijksch Tijdschrift " 

 and Bieren de Haan in the weekly " De Kroniek,'' 

 the two principal organs of the younger men. The 

 year's prose fiction includes Aletrino's pessimistic 

 and dreary " Martha " (showing, however, his 

 " marvelous descriptive talent ") ; Mme. Snijder van 

 Wissenkerke's "Zwarte Ylinders" (extremely grave 

 storie>:>; AY. G. van Xouhuys's "Zijn Kind'': C. P. 

 Brandt van Doorne's " Huiselik Leed " and Mi>.- A. 

 de Savornin Lehman's " Miserere." both insisting 

 on the burden of life : Frits Lapidoth's " Ironisch 

 en Tragisch " : " De vreemde Plant," a graceful 

 little tale by Phocius ; " Anarchisten." by Louise 

 Stratenus ; Yosmeer de Spie's " Felicia Beveridge " 

 (a " woman who did ") : T. Hoven's " Yoor alles 

 Yrouw " ; S. La Chapelle-Roobol's " Hesje's En- 

 gagement. Strijd " ; Vc. Loosjes's " Rinske Son- 

 nema;" "Marathon" ("a collection of antiquities 

 held together by the tie of a tale "), in which G. H. 



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Betz has "endeavored to complete Herodotus with 

 the aid of Zola and Tolstoi"; Ten Brink's Pari> 

 tijdens de Koi.de Terreur " and " AuguMin I; 

 pierre" (glorifying that character); and Miss M. W. 

 Maclaine Pout's "Het Huis aan de Haven" and 

 " De Eer gewroken." Frederik van Eden again 

 shows his philosophical tendency in Lied van 

 Schijn en Wezen." and wins the" approbation of 

 Yan Deyss.-l. .>nce an ardent devotee of naturalism. 

 who, in " Prozastukken " announced his conversion 

 to the theories which he had formerly so vehement- 

 ly opposed : Yerwey's " Johan van Oldenbarneveld" 

 is somewhat disappointing; H. J. Boeken, a new 

 man, shows a love for classical beauty in his 

 poems " Goden en Menschen " ; Henrietta van der 

 Schalk's "Yerzen en Sonnetten" and Ed. Brom's 

 " Opgang " are too often philosophically prosy. 

 Yerwey has edited a reprint of the works of the old 

 Dutch poet Jan van der Xoot ; and a good transla- 

 tion of Shakespeare is offered by Ed. B. Koster 

 (author of " Xatuurindrukken en Stemmingen "). 

 Mrs. Snijder van Wissenkerke's drama "Sirokko" 

 is not very remarkable. 



Hungary. The literary outcome of the Hunga- 

 rian millennial celebration includes a mass of printed 

 matter, notably the voluminous "History of the 

 Magyar Xation " (noticed last year). Gyula Lau- 

 rencic's topographic " Millennial Hungary " (in four 

 languages), and the "Millennial Album " (with con- 

 tributions by popular writers*. The University of 

 Buda-Pesth is issuing the " Opera omnia " of Cardi- 

 nal Pt. Pazmany. Istvan Ambius writes of " Social- 

 ism." Hungary's modern literature comprising 

 Herczeg. Brody, Toldy, Csiky, Kozma, Justh, Doczi, 

 Agai. Mikszath, etc. is characterized by "a popu- 

 lar spirit approximating to general European forms, 

 subjects, and styles.'' In prose fiction "Young 

 Hungary" is represented this year by Kalman 

 Mikszath's " The Lublo-Ghost, and other Stories " 

 (finely descriptive, like all his work) ; Odon Gero's 

 " Individualities " (sketches, decidedly promising, 

 presented with realism and psychological analysis) ; 

 Janka Horvath's novel of Transylvanian life. " Fa- 

 turn " ; and Sarolta Geocze's " True Stories." Some 

 good plays have been produced : Ede Kabos's witty 

 and spirited one-act play " The Raven " ; Ferencz 

 Herczeg's " Honthy's House " ; and Sandor Somlo's 

 comedy " Royal Family Life,'' which gained the 

 prize offered by the new Court Theater (founded 

 and conducted by the noted literary critic Adolf 

 Silberstein). A recent writer informs us that the 

 annual product of the Magyar press is 1,500 vol- 

 umes, and that 676 periodicals in the Magyar lan- 

 guage are issued in addition to 187 in other 

 tongues. 



Italy. Contributions to national history, such 

 as Pesci's "Come siamo entrati in Roma," A. G. 

 Barrili's " Con Garibaldi alle Porte di Roma," and 

 the last volume of Bersezio's highly important " II 

 Regno di Yittorio Emanuele,'' remind us of the 

 twenty-fifth anniversary of the entry of the Italian 

 troops into Rome. Carto Tivaroni's voluminous 

 " Storia critica del Risorgimento italiano." Gen. 

 Corsi's " Italia," Yayra's " Carlo Alberto e le perfi- 

 die Austriache." and Faldella's"! Fratelli Ruffini" 

 throw much light on the period of the risorgi- 

 mento, to which the"Rivista storica del Risorgi- 

 mento italiano " (recently begun by publisher Roux. 

 of Turin) is also devoted. Other phases of Italian 

 history are depicted in Yol. Ill of Gabotto's " Lo 

 Stato Sabaudo da Amedeo VIII a Emanuele Fili- 

 berto ; Y. Cian's ' Italia e Spagna nel Secolo 

 XVIII: Giovambattista Conti e alcune Relazioni 

 letterarie fra 1'Italia e la Spagna nella seconda Mela 

 del Settecento" : Raulich's " Storia di Carlo Ema- 

 nuele I, Duca di Savoia '' : Guido Biagi's curious 

 little work on " The Private Life of the Renais- 



