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LITERATURE, CONTINENTAL, IN 1872. 



and Academician, has written "El Libro de 

 Santofia," a volume full of erudition. The 

 " Historia del General Prim," by Sr. Orellano ; 

 the "Biblioteca de Autores Cordobeses," and 

 Navarete's "Life of Sebastian Del Cano," the 

 first navigator who went round the world, 

 are all books worth naming. 



Of publications illustrating archaeology and 

 the fine arts, the only one which has attracted 

 great attention is El Museo Espanol de Anti- 

 gaedades, under the direction of Sr. Rada. 

 Several good articles have appeared in it 

 this year, by well-known writers. Each num- 

 ber is illustrated with colored plates. 



The Spanish Academies have published less 

 this year, owing to the straitened state of 

 their finances. 



Societies whose object it is to reproduce 

 rare books and manuscripts are becoming 

 every day more general. The Society of 

 "Bibliofilos Espanoles" has published this 

 year a novel written by Eximeno, a Spanish 

 Jesuit, expelled from Spain during the eigh- 

 teenth century, in which he ridicules the mu- 

 sicians and music of the time. The title is 

 *' Don Lazarillo Vizcardi," and the book is 

 full of interesting musical information. The 

 " Bibliofilos Andaluces " have published " Don 

 Fernando Colon, Historiador de su padre" 

 (" The Life of Columbus, by his Son"), "Re- 

 lacion sobre las Communidades de Castilla" 

 (" Description of the Comuneros of Castille "), 

 by Pedro de Alcoer, edited by Sr. Gamero. 

 The "Biblioteca Catalana," edited by Sr. Ag- 

 nilo, is one of the best reproductions of the 

 day. 



Of works on Natural Science there have 

 been few. In the "Anales de la Sociedad 

 Espaflola de Historia Natural" ("Annals of 

 the Spanish Society of Natural History"), 

 there have appeared contributions by Srs. 

 Poey, Perez Arcao, Espada, Colmeiro, and 

 Solano, all of whom are considered in Spain 

 as competent authorities. In Sr. Espada's 

 description of some South American volcanoes 

 he corrects the statements made by Humboldt 

 and others. Sr. Espada is preparing a volume 

 on a " Voyage in Europe and the East, made by 

 a Spaniard in the Middle Ages." 



The professors of the University of Granada 

 have distinguished themselves this year by the 

 high tone of their publications. Sr. Maestro 

 has written a "Treatise on Anatomy;" Dr. 

 Creus an " Elementary Treatise on Anatomy ; " 

 Dr. Velasco a " Treatise on Organic Chemis- 

 try," in which, for the first time, an effort is 

 made to popularize modern ideas on the sub- 

 ject ; Dr. Mallo an " Elementary Treatise on 

 Medicine," in which he considers the necessi- 

 ties of the present day ; and an interesting 

 explanation has appeared, by Dr. Garcia, of 

 the theories of Dr. Darwin, of which he is a fer- 

 vent adherent. Dr. Cuestas, in his " General 

 Pathology," impresses on Spanish professors 

 the necessity of original observations. The 

 author says that students out of Spain should 



benefit by the local experfence and study of 

 Spanish men of science. Srs. Maffei and Fi- 

 gueroa, engineers of mines, continue their im- 

 portant work, "Apuntes." Sr. Vilanova 

 gives us a study " On the Origin of Man," re- 

 markable in its way. The same gentleman 

 edits a volume which is being published in a 

 very costly manner, " The Creation." 



The scientific, literary, and artistic reviews 

 which have appeared of late years continue to 

 increase in number, and each group of special 

 studies has a representative in the press, but 

 I cannot mention each of these publications in 

 detail in such a notice as this. 



SWEDEN. On perusing the various publica- 

 tions of this year in different branches of lit- 

 erature (the whole book issue can be estimated 

 at from 1,200 to 1,300, periodicals not included), 

 I find that the number of purely literary works 

 of real merit is small. After the interesting and 

 original development our poetry went through 

 the first decades of this century, production 

 came to a stand-still, and the literary results 

 of the last year seem to have been mostly 

 the collecting and reissuing of older works; 

 while our neighbor-country, Finland, has pro- 

 duced the greatest poet of our day who uses 

 the Swedish language Runeberg. Among 

 the volumes relating to the study of ancient 

 poetry, the " Works of Bellman until 1772 " 

 (after a newly -found original manuscript) un- 

 doubtedly ranks foremost. It is Mr. Klem- 

 ming, the royal librarian, well Known as one 

 of our highest authorities in the literary his- 

 tory of former times, who has the honor of 

 this interesting publication. 



It may be mentioned that the royal theatres 

 have given, with much success, the " Winter's 

 Tale" and "Romeo and Juliet," and that 

 " Richard III." is just about to be put on the 

 stage." In fact, the influence of English 

 literature in our country is considerable. Of 

 course a mass of sensation novels are translated 

 and devoured ; but a more healthy sign is the 

 great admiration for the genius of Dickens. 

 The new and excellent translation of his com- 

 plete works, now appearing, has a wide cir- 

 culation. We have capital translations of 

 Shakespeare, Milton, Scott, Byron, Moore, etc., 

 to which the last valuable addition is "Shake- 

 speare's Sonnets," by Mr. Nyblom. 



A more than passing attention will be given 

 to the collection of political speeches by Mr. 

 Gripensdt, who, as a statesman and orator, 

 has exercised a great influence on the develop- 

 ment of our constitution during the last thirty 

 years. 



In the field of literary history we have to 

 notice the continuation of Mr. Linnstsom's 

 elaborate bibliographic woi'k (" Svenkst Bok- 

 lexicon "), and the valuable researches by M. 

 Ljunggren and Eichhorn. 



It is not unknown that Sweden shares with 

 Denmark the honor of first having systematizc-u 

 prehistoric archaeology. The hero of this sci- 

 ence, Mr. Nillson, is now very aged, and sel- 



