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In law, Dr. Bogisic', now professor at Odes- 

 sa, has brought out ah interesting and learn- 

 ed work, entitled " The Civil Laws of the Sla- 

 vonians," and Dr. A. Simunic' "Pravda" 

 ("Justice"). It would be indeed difficult to 

 enumerate all minor publications in the vari- 

 ous branches of science with which the Servian 

 and Croatian literature has been enriched dur- 

 ing the pastjrear. In philology, Dr. Dnnic'ic', 

 known as the best South-Slavonian pbilologer 

 next to the famous Dr. Miklosic', has pro- 

 duced a whole series of valuable papers on cer- 

 tain grammatical forms of the South Slavo- 

 nian languages. 



SPAIN. Works of a scientific character very 

 scarce in past years, though mostly translated 

 from other languages, are becoming yearly 

 more numerous; and those written by Span- 

 iards abound in original observations, giving a 

 good idea of the gradual improvement in such 

 matters. The greater part are destined for 

 text-books in schools and universities. More 

 than one hundred have appeared in the current 

 year, and many are excellent. The first volume 

 of an "Ensayo sobre la Historia de la Pro- 

 priedad Territorial en Esparto," by Don Fran- 

 cisco Cardenas, has been published. " Princi- 

 ples del Arte de la Colonization," by Marcanaz, 

 is another book very interesting for Spaniards 

 especially. "Estudios Penitenciarios," by 

 Armengol, is a useful and well-written book, 

 on a subject shamefully neglected in Spain. 

 I must mention also, as important works on 

 legal subjects, Giner y Calderon's " Prolego- 

 menos;" and " Lecciones de Economia Poli- 

 tica," whose author, Somalo. follows the most 

 approved theories on this science and attacks 

 socialism. 



Historical works have been rather numerous 

 this year, and some are of undoubted merit. 

 " Mexico desde 1808 a 1867," four vols., by 

 Arrangoiz, is important ; for the author was 

 present at some of the most stirring of the 

 scenes which he describes. SeOor LaFuente's 

 "Historia Ecclesiastica de EspaBa," six vols., 

 is worthy of notice. This second edition ho 

 has greatly enlarged and enriched with most 

 valuable information. " La Edad Media com- 

 parada con los Tiempos Modernos," by Fer- 

 nandez, Bishop of Havana, is also interesting, 

 thong)) jrrently inferior to works on the same 

 subject published in other countries. " Pa- 

 troJOL'ia," )>y Yu?, an historical criticism of 

 the works of the Holy Fathers, is worthy of 

 mention. As a contrast to the Bishop of Ha- 

 vana's book, I may notice Pi Margall's " Estu- 

 dios sobre la Edad Media" a small volume, 

 written, no doubt, by this politician before the 

 middle ages were as generally known as they 

 are at the present day. 



Not onlike Arrangoiz's book on the contem- 

 porary history of Mexico are the " Memorias 

 I'oliticas," which the late Marques de Mira- 

 tion s wrote to illustrate the reign of Isa- 

 bella II. and have just been published by 

 bis heirs. The Conde de Toreno also has 



printed the first volume of his father's po- 

 litical speeches, including those he made at 

 the Cortes of Cadiz in 1812. Toreno was 

 considered one of the first orators of the pres- 

 ent century, and one of the most remarkable 

 men of his day. 



Among the historical works referring to 

 Spanish topography, the following are worthy 

 of notice; Brave's " Recuerdos de la Villa de 

 Laredo;" "Paseos por Cordova," by Ramiro; 

 "Fastos Ilerdenscs," by Roca; "Historia de 

 Malaga," by Guillen ; " Historia de Ronda," 

 by Rivera; a volume of biographies of "Ca- 

 narios Celebres," by Milliares ; and " Con- 

 qnenses Illustrcs," by Fermin Caballero, in 

 which last the lives are given of several dis- 

 tinguished persons born in that locality (Cuen- 

 ca). Romero's " Apnntes Historicos sobre el 

 Archivo de Simancas," with a prologue by 

 Escndero de la PcCa, is a useful book for those 

 who wish to have an idea of the immense stores 

 of original papers preserved in the archives of 

 Simancas, one of the most important in Eu- 

 rope. 



The public is already acquainted with the 

 "Musco Espnflol de Antiguedades," edited by 

 Rada y Dclgado. The letter-press in this 

 work is written by the most competent Spanish 

 authors, and illustrated with fine colored en- 

 gravings of the best art-objects existing at the 

 Madrid Archaeological Museum, hitherto un- 

 known. 



The various literary societies and private 

 clubs engaged in the publication of rare and 

 curious books have not been inactive. I may 

 mention the "Coleccion deDocumentos Inedi- 

 tos para la Historia de Espana;" " Biblioteca 

 de Rivadcneyra;" " Bibliofilos Espafloles;" 

 " Bibliofilos Andaluccs ;" " Coleccion de Libros 

 Raros y Cnriosos ;" and " Libros de Antafio." 



Two works have appeared within a very 

 short interval, almost on the same subject, 

 both of interest, and written by politicians, 

 friends and professors at the same university, 

 though of completely opposed political opin- 

 ions. Both were composed in exile. One of 

 these volumes is entitled "Roma," by Don 

 Severe Catalina, and the other, " Recuerdos de 

 Italia," by Emilio Castelar. Castelar has lso 

 published his " Discurses Politicos," from 1871 

 to!873; a "VidadeLord Byron;" and new 

 editions of his other works. Still more opposed 

 to Castelar in political views was his friend 

 and relation Aparisi y Guijarro, who died lust 

 year. His relatives have published two volumes 

 of his works, containing "Biografia, Pensa- 

 mientos, Poesias y Discursos." 



Several volumes of poems have appeared 

 this year. A friend of Espronceda's has pub- 

 lished some of that poet's inedited or less 

 known poems, nnder the title of " Paginas Olvi- 

 dadas ;" the same has been done with the works 

 of another poet, Enrique Gil. Campoamor 

 has brought out a new edition of his "Drama 

 Universal," and added a second part to his 

 " Pequenos Poemas." Another poet writing 



