LITERATURE, CONTINENTAL, IN 18T8. 



written memoir upon "Dante e i Pisani " 

 (Pisa Valcnti). The publisher 1'aravia, at 

 Turin, lias printed, for the use of schools, a 

 "I>iziunario, Storico, Geogrutico, e TTnirersua, 

 della Divina Commodia," by Doin. I 1 . 

 Barbers, the publisher in Florence, lias issued 

 a second edition of Cassar Loria's work, 

 "L' Italia nolla Divina Comim-dia." While 

 speaking of Dante, our official interpreter of 

 the "Divina Commedia," the Prof. J. H. Giu- 

 liani, equally well known by his researches 

 npon the language spoken in Tuscany as by 

 hi* studies upon I ':int . has published the thinl 

 edition, considerably enlarged, of his delightful 

 work, " Moralita e Poesia del Vivente Linguag- 

 gio delta Toscana." In this work there is to 

 be found all the poetry of the popular tougue. 



The literary event of the year, as regards 

 romances, is the appearance of a charming 

 novel written by M. Sulvatore Farina, pub- 

 lished at Milan under the title of "II Tesoro 

 di Dunnina.' 1 I can recommend it to all Eng- 

 lUh readers who understand Italian. 



M. Ghenidi del Testa, the well-known Tus- 

 can dramatic author, has this year won a 

 triumph with a new play called " VitaNuov i." 

 A great theatrical success has also been ob- 

 taineil liy the now play of M. Paul Ferrari, 

 "11 Bidtoolo." 



M. Pitr6 has furnished a valuable contribu- 

 tion to the history of popular literature in 

 Italy by his " Fiabe Siciliane." Also M. Dora. 

 Bernoni, of Venice, by his "Leggende, Canti, 

 Fiabe Veneziane; " M. Ferraro by his "Giuo- 

 clu Xlonferrini," and his " Nuovi Canti Popo- 

 lari del Monfernito; " M. Grion by the publi- 

 cation of the popular romance of the Middle 

 Ages, "INobili Fatti di Alessandro Magno." 

 ^That Italy lives and is making pro.- 

 was evident at the Exhibition of Vienna to 

 whoever would take the trouble to glance over 

 the mass of publications which the Italian Gov- 

 ernment, with happy forethought, hail prepared 

 to illustrate all our principal institutions (,: 

 mies, archives, museums, libraries, etc.). Some 

 of these illustrations are, in fact, entire works; 

 such is that which M. Gotti, the Director of 

 the Florentine Galleries, has compiled upon 

 the precious and nniqno collections con 

 ! his charge; such also are the works whi.-h 

 Messrs. Toderini and Cercbctti have prepared 

 upon the Venetian Archives. M. Trinchera on 

 the Neapolitan Archives, M. Odorici on the 

 Library of Parma, etc. Beside* official publi- 

 cations, I mast specially mention a handsome 

 volume which M. Albert Errora, the distin- 

 guished Venetian political economist, has \vrit- 



lublished by Loescher) for the Kxhi 1 

 nt Vienna, under tin- tit!.' of ' I.'Italin Indus- 

 triale con Particolare Riguardo all' A li 

 Snperiore." 1L Errcra is the true historian 

 of our contemporary industrial undertaking-'; 

 and ho has not only the rare merit of studying 

 them and describing them with much ability, 

 but he alto makes valuable suggestions for 

 their further activity and extension. 



NOBWAT. Among works in national \>\-- 



tory and philology which have appeared ilnr- 



^73, I may mention two MS of 



vigil" ("Tales and Trmi. 

 y L. Daae, Librarian to the I'ni- 

 versity of Christiania. Prof. ('. K. 1 np-r ha- 

 completed his edition of "Koiiuiu' 

 and given to the world a standard 

 "1'o-t la Sogur," being lives of tin 

 in Old Norse, published from Icelandic manu- 

 scripts. The publication of the edition of "Ni-r- 

 Hine Skrifter af Ugnhistorick Indludd '' (H<r- 

 vararSagaokIlei^reks") !: 

 Prof. Sophus BiipL'e. An employe of the I!uy- 

 al Archives and a graduate of the university, 

 J. E. Sara, eldest son of our well-known zoolo- 

 friral in\ estimator, the late Dr. M. Surs, has 

 edited the first volume of " Tdsigt over den 

 Norske Historie" ("View of the History of 

 Norway "). The volnmc now published goes 

 down to the introduction of Christianity by 

 St. Olaf, and will be followed by two more 

 volumes. Of another important work npon 

 the history of Norway commenced in I860, 

 "Xorges offentUge Bet," by T. II. A-ehehonp, 

 a professor of the University and a nn- 

 of the Storthing, the second volume has ap- 

 peared. It contains a series of commentaries 

 on the constitutional laws of Norway. The 

 Lapp traveler mentioned in my article of la~t 

 year, J. A. Friis, whose work upon Finmark 

 and Lapland has now been translated into 

 Swedish, and partly into German, this summer 

 accompanied our King during his tour along 

 the northern coasts of Norway to the Rti- 

 frontier, and is now engaged in describing the 

 voyage in a work enriched with numerous 

 photographs and ethnographical illustrations. 

 Two more books, containing valuable infor- 

 mation about these interesting, but still little 

 known, parts of our country, have recently 

 been issued by Th. Banir, an officer of the 

 Iloyal Geographical Survey, and by A. W. 

 Brun, a functionary who has for many years 

 mon;r the Lapp population of those re- 

 mote districts.* Eilert Sundt has published 

 an interesting book upon "Hflslivet i Ni 

 ("Honii'-Lile in Norway"), in addition to for- 

 mer publieaiions upon the same subjeet. 



Amonj; works npon philology which have 

 appeared during the In-t year. I have to no- 

 Don antike Stat op Solon* Vorfatnin;-'," 

 by P.O. Schjott, a Professor of Greek l'liil< 

 at the uni\er.-if\. together with an edition of 

 Plantns's "Mostellaria," by the learn. <1 schol- 

 ar. Prof. SophusBngge, accompanied by a metri- 

 cal tran-lation into Norwegian by Fr. GjertMD, 

 the translator of " Faust.'' 



Writers on natural science have, as nsnal, 

 made many important contributions to our 

 1 Seals and transactions of learned socie- 

 ties. Separately published works of con-iil- 

 eralile value and importance in this branch of 

 literature are: Dr. F. Scbflbeler's work, "Die 

 Pflanzenwclt Norwc*:, us." and AM-! I'.lytt's 

 " Flora Norvegica," the latter being a volnnii- 



