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LOUISIANA. 



appearance at Seville, and that journalism is 

 increasing in activity and force. On the whole 

 the outlook for Spanish literature is good. 



Sweden. As in several European countries, 

 so in Sweden, the novel takes rank over other 

 branches of literature. Among those named 

 with favor in this line are a lady, nom de 

 plume Ernst Ahlgren, who makes a debut with 

 romantic sketches of life entitled '" Money " ; 

 T. Hedberg, in a character- sketch, "Johannes 

 Karr "; G. Nordensvan, in his u Figge," based 

 on artistic life ; Mrs. A. Agrell, in a volume of 

 novelettes, etc. In poetry Count Snoilsky, 

 who is the most eminent of living Swedish 

 bards, has published an historical poem, " The 

 White Lady," in the Acts of the Swedish 

 Academy. The younger authors have been 

 busy this year. Strindberg, head of the nat- 

 uralistic agitation in Sweden for some years, 

 is settled in France, but has published a vol- 

 ume of novelettes, " Utopias in Real Life," in 

 which he paints vividly the evils of war, etc, 

 In the drama Mrs. Edgren has sent forth a 

 play, " How People do Good," which the crit- 

 ics charge with leaning too much toward so- 

 cialism and the like. The well-known Swedish 

 humorist, Sigurd, has made a happy hit in his 

 u Swedish Peasant Homes." H. Wranr has 

 also presented "Pictures from the Peasant 

 Life." To the same class of literature belong 

 Chicot's "In Rocking-Chairs and Sofa-Cor- 

 ners," and " Our Plucked Ones," by a teacher 

 at Lund, who well understands his subject. 

 This latter volume is capitally illustrated by 

 drawings executed by an eminent painter, 

 Bruno Liljefors. In history has been pub- 

 lished a new volume of C. G. Styffe's " Con- 

 tributions to Scandinavian History from For- 

 eign Records " (1504-'20). F. F. Carlson has 

 brought out the second volume of his history 

 of Charles XII, and C. T. Odhner has begun 

 the publication of his history of Gustavus 

 III. In philology Almkvist has issued the 

 second volume of " Die Bischari Sprache," 

 containing a Bishari-German and a German- 

 Bishari vocabulary, with an index of Arabic 

 words used by the author in explaining the 

 Bishari. Autobiography is represented by 

 " Memoirs of G. F. Gyllenborg," two volumes, 

 and "Memoirs of Foreign Diplomatists from 

 the Swedish Court," two volumes, by Sca?vola 

 (i. e., an association of authors). W. Berg- 

 strand's " Contributions to the History of the 

 Scandinavian Union " deserve mention in this 

 connection. The history of literature was not 

 much cultivated this year. H. Schtick, of Up- 

 sala, has begun a detailed history of Scandina- 

 vian literature from the earliest days to the 

 present, and Robinson's " Realists and Ideal- 

 ists," and Hanson's "Literary Silhouettes," 

 are contributions in the same line. Prof. Nor- 

 denskiold has published a large scientific work 

 for popular use, entitled " The Second Diekson 

 Expedition to Greenland." Wrangel's "Ser- 

 vians and Bulgarians " and Dr. Munthe's " Let- 

 ters from Naples" deserve mention in this 



place. Prof. Nyblom has published an essay 

 commemorating the one hundred and fiftieth 

 anniversary of the Academy of Fine Arts, cele- 

 brated in 1885. F. Hedberg has made another 

 contribution to his previous work in 1884 on 

 Swedish actors. A very elegant work of art 

 also appeared this year, containing reproduc- 

 tions of paintings by Swedish, Danish, and 

 Norwegian painters. Miss Ellen Fries (the 

 only woman, by-the-way, in Sweden, who has 

 the'degree of Ph. D.) has recently published a 

 pamphlet containing researches into primary 

 female education in France, made for the bene- 

 fit of like education in Sweden. Two popular 

 works on national economy have appeared, 

 and an account of the law procedure in Eng- 

 land, which is, it appears, quite diverse from 

 that prevalent in Sweden. This last volume is 

 by G. Fahlcrantz, who has studied the subject 

 during residence in England, and also presents 

 matter of interest and value for the considera- 

 tion of his countrymen. 



LOUISIANA. State Government. The follow- 

 ing were the State officers during the year: 

 Governor, Samuel D. McEnery, Democrat; 

 Lieu tenant- Governor, Charles Knobloch ; Sec- 

 retary of State, Oscar Arroyo; Treasurer, E. 

 A. Burke; Auditor, O. B. Steele; Attorney- 

 General, M. J. Cunningham; Superintendent 

 of Public Education, Warren Easton ; Register 

 of Lands, J. L. Lobdell ; Commissioner of Ag- 

 riculture and Immigration, \V. H. Harris. Ju- 

 diciary, Supreme Court : Chief-Justice, Edward 

 Bermudez ; Associate Justices, Felix T. PocM, 

 Robert B. Todd, Thomas C. Manning, and 

 Charles E. Fenner. 



General Statistics At the time of the cession 

 of Louisiana to the United States, April 30, 

 1803, the population was 49,473. The Govern- 

 ment receipts for 1803 were $843,000, and the 

 expenditures $700,000. In 1802 the province 

 produced 3,000 pounds of indigo, 20,000 bales 

 of cotton, 5,000 hogsheads of sugar, 5,000 casks 

 of molasses, and 200.000 pounds of loaf-sugar 

 were refined. The exports were 40.000 tons, 

 arrival of vessels 256, departures 265. Over 

 1,200 sugar-houses are in operation with im- 

 proved machinery. The average annual prod- 

 uct is 250,000 to 300,000 hogsheads of sugar 

 and over 15,000,000 gallons of molasses. The 

 rice-crop is about 300,000 barrels; the cotton- 

 crop of the State is from 500,000 to 600, OOi 

 bales. 



Prohibition Convention. The first Prohibition 

 State Convention ever held in Louisiana met 

 in Shreveport on Aug. 19. It resolved 



That this movement is non-partisan and non-sec- 

 tarian in character, and seeks only to enlist the actr 

 co-operation of all patriotic and law-abiding citizens, 

 without regard to race or party, hoping thereby to 

 cure the hearty support or all temperance, benevolent, 

 and church organizations, in the legal suppression < 

 the liquor-traffic. 



A State Executive Committee of one from 

 each congressional district, and three at large, 

 was constituted, which was instructed to me- 



