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Bartoli has published in Venice. He is also 

 the author of a "History of Italian Literature 

 during the First Centuries." The " Studii 

 Storici," by Prof. Luigi Mariani, are worth 

 reading ; and there are several detached his- 

 torical studies which would repay attention. 

 As to our philosophers, I have omitted them 

 as designedly as I omitted the poets, although 

 it is possible to speak favorably, in a literary 

 point of view, of two recent works of Catholic 

 philosophy one by Auguste Conti, " II Bello 

 nel Vero," and the other by the idealistic phi- 

 losopher, Francesco Bonatelli, entitled "La 

 Coscienza e il Meccanismo Interiore," belong- 

 ing to that school of neo-Platonic neo-Pytha- 

 gorean, which in Home is represented by the 

 periodical La Filosofia delta, Scuole Italiane, 

 of which the illustrious Count Mamiani is the 

 conductor, and to which Signers J. M. Bertini, 

 Luigi Ferri, and Giacomo Barzellotti, are con- 

 tributors. In opposition to this, two other 

 schools of philosophy have arisen in Naples 

 one, Hegelian, which is represented by the 

 Revue Napolitaine, edited by Profs. Spaventa 

 and Fiorentino the other, which is positivist 

 in its tendencies, finds its organ in La Ravista 

 Gritica e di Filosqfia Positiva; and its editors 

 are two young Neapolitans one of them is 

 the philosopher Andrea Anguilli, the other, the 

 archaeologist, Hector de Buggiero. 



NORWAY. I propose to give a notice of 

 some publications that have left the press dur- 

 ing the course of the year 1872, having first 

 called attention to three literary productions 

 of more than ordinary merit. The first of 

 these is Ivar Aasen's Norsh Ordbog (Norse 

 Dictionary, a Dictionary of the Norwegian 

 Dialects) a comprehensive work, which forms 

 a companion volume to the author's well-known 

 Norse Grammar ; the second is the " Samlede 

 Af handlinger " ("Collected Essays") of the 

 late P. A. Munch. The Storthing having 

 granted the necessary funds, the task of publi- 

 cation was intrusted to a young historian, 

 Gustav Storm, who has lately been honored 

 with the Gold Medal of the Danish Philosoph- 

 ical Society, for his essay on the sources of 

 the historical writings of Snorre Sturlasson. 

 The third work is "En Sommer i Finmarken, 

 russisk Lapland og Nord-Karelen " ("A Sum- 

 mer in Finmark, Bussian Lapland, and North 

 Karelen"), by J. A. Friis, Professor of the 

 Lapp Language in the University of Christia- 

 nia. There can be little doubt but that the 

 author is more intimately acquainted with the 

 language and habits of the Lapps than any 

 person now living. 



Theology is represented by the Theologisk 

 Tidsslcrift for den evangelisk-lutherske KirTce 

 i Norge (Theological Magazine for the Evan- 

 gelic-Lutheran Church in Norway), conducted 

 by Profs. C. P. Caspari, Gisle Johnson, and 

 B. T. Nissen. 



Historical literature has been enriched dur- 

 ing the past year by several valuable produc- 

 tions. The "Codex Frisianus," a collection 



of Norse Sagas, has been given to the world 

 by Prof. C. B. linger (the well-known editor 

 of the " Heimskringla," " Morkinskinna," 

 " Flateyjarb6k," the Saga of Thomas a Becket, 

 etc.). The eighth volume of " Diplomatarium 

 Norvegicum," being a series of ancient epis- 

 tolary documents throwing light on the social 

 structure of Norway and her foreign relations 

 during the middle ages, embracing language, 

 customs, distinguished families, legislature, the 

 administration of justice, by C. B. linger and 

 H. J. Huitfeldt, has appeared ; also the fifth 

 volume of "Norske Bigsregistranter," by O. 

 G. Lundh and J. E. Sars. The Historislc 

 Tidsslcrift is published by the Historical So- 

 ciety. This society has likewise published the 

 "Memoirs of the late J. H. Yoght, Minister 

 of Finance," and a biography of Jens Bjelke, 

 the Norwegian Chancellor, who flourished in 

 the seventeenth century, edited by Yngvar 

 Nielsen. L. Daae, Librarian to the Norwegian 

 University, is the author of "An Historical 

 Account of the City of Christiania, from 1624 

 to 1814," and the "Memoirs of the Late Con- 

 radine Dtmker," edited by H. J. Huitfeldt, 

 give us a lively picture of society in the Nor- 

 wegian capital in the beginning of the present 

 century. Madame Dunker was a sister of 

 Prof. Hansteen, celebrated for his discoveries 

 in magnetism. A critico-historical work of 

 value, "Ludvig Holbergthe Comic Dramatist: 

 his Predecessors and Imitators," by Olaf Skav- 

 lan, is in the press. The translation of the 

 Sagas-of Norwegian Kings, so ably commenced 

 by P. A. Munch, the historian, has been com- 

 pleted by Prof. Olaf Bygh ; and Karl Sommer- 

 felt has given us a Norse version of the Saga 

 of Njaal. The Norwegian Society for the Pub- 

 lication of Ancient MSS., assisted by Prof. 

 C. B. Unger as editor, has completed the pub- 

 lication of the Mariu Saga an extensive col- 

 lection of legends of the Virgin, and of the 

 miracles she has performed. This society has 

 also continued the publication of Konunga 

 Sogur. 



In philology, we have to notice a portly vol- 

 ume* from the pen of J. Lieblein, " Dictionnaire 

 de noms hie'roglyphiques en ordre g6nealogique 

 et alpnab6tique, public" d'aprs les monuments 

 6gyptiens." " Om de romanske SprogogFolk" 

 ("The Bomance Languages and Bomance Peo- 

 ples "), by Johan Storm, contains philological 

 observations made during a sojourn in France, 

 Spain, and Italy. From the pen of Prof. J. A. 

 Friis, we have "Lappisk Mythologi, Eventyr 

 og Folksesagn " (" Lappish Mythology and 

 Folk Lore"). The Bureau for Geographical 

 Surveys publishes an annual Beport for the 

 use of the Merchant Navy ; also topographical 

 maps of Norway, in three series, and excellent 

 hydrographical charts of the Norwegian coast. 

 Herr Kjser has likewise compiled " A Statisti- 

 cal Handbook of Norway," in a compendious 

 form ; and Ch. A. Wulfsburg has sent to press 

 a series of lectures " On the Natural Besources 

 of Norway." 



