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Meerendonk's " Otto Altendorf " has also some 



merit. Lastly, we name Maarten Maarten>. \s ho 

 traded lunch attention in Kngland and 

 America by his " Joost Avclingh " and "God's 

 Fool." written in Knglish. and both published in 

 this country by D. Appldon \ ( 'o. Power of con- 

 cf|p| ion, caustic satire, originality, and nobility of 

 sentiment characterize, liis writings. The female 

 contingent among novel writers is a notable one, 

 and includes Mine, la Chapelle-Roobol. who lias 

 been l>e fore the public half a dozen years, but 

 has just now attracted special attention by the 

 sound reali.-m and character delineation in her 

 novel -Ken Qelukskind"; Miss Cornelia lluy- 

 gens. a bright and able translator, who has re- 

 printed soi I her tales from high life under 



the title "Ken lluwelijk"; and V. Leveling, 

 noticed under BELGIUM. Others who ought 

 to be mentioned are Mme. van Wermeskerken- 

 Juniiis (Johanna van Woude), the famous 

 story-teller, who continues to publish tales on 

 the emotional lines laid out in her"0ud Hol- 

 laudsch Binnenhnisje " ; Miss Reynvaan, author 

 of ' Ziister Clara " ; Miss Sloot (Melati van Java), 

 whose " Rosa Marina," dealing with modern 

 painters, first appeared in the excellent illus- 

 t rat ed monthly, " Elzevier's Maandschrift " ; and 

 Mrs. Bakker-Rorff Iloogeboom's novel "Meta." 



Of poetry there is next to nothing. Dr. M. G. 

 L. van Loghem (Fiore, della Neve) shows much 

 dramatic force in certain parts of his new ro- 

 mantic epic, " Walter," in which the aping of 

 French manners at a petty German court, toward 

 the end of the last century, is described ; and Miss 

 Helene Swarth, long a resident of Belgium, con- 

 tinues to write expressive sonnets in French and 

 Dutch. Xor is there much to say of the drama, 

 although the outlook is not without promise. 

 " Kerloss " and " Goudvischje," both by Nouhuys, 

 have been enthusiastically received ; Mrs. Sny- 

 ders van Wissekerke's " Droomleven " and 

 " Lotos " have had success, as has also the late 

 Maaldrink's " Cleopatra." Emants and Dr. Van 

 Kdeii are regarded as "coming men." 



Hungary. In this country, again, history 

 holds a prominent place, national history espe- 

 cially having occupied many authors. Jen6 

 Csudai has brought out a new " History of Hun- 

 gary " ; L. Abafi, a comprehensive " History of 

 Freemasonry in Austria-Hungary " (in German); 

 Kalmari Demko, "The History and Customs of 

 Upper Hungarian Towns in the Fifteenth and 

 Sixteenth Centuries"; and Edward Wertheimer, 

 the ^econd volume of his " Austria and Hungary 

 in the First Decade of the Nineteenth Century. 

 "Memorials of the Hungarian Diets "is edited 

 by W. Fraknoi (the noted historian) and A. Ka- 

 rolyi, and a sensation has been created, we are 

 told, by "History of Civilization in Hungary" 

 and "The Time of Joseph II," both by Hcnrik 

 Marc/ali, who has prepared also a "History of 

 our Times" (1825-'80) and a " History of Maria 

 Theresia." Other new works selected for com- 

 mendation are Las/.lo K n vary 's " Archaeological 

 and Historical Memorials of Transylvania," 

 ( J \ '"'riry Rakosi's " Luther in Worms," J/Asbot If s 

 F.-says and Studies in the History of our own 

 Times," and Paul Kiraly's " Dacia Fovaro-a. :i 

 mai Varhely Ilunyadmegyeben," which is de- 

 scribed as an attractively written scientific mono- 

 graph on the " Ulpia Trajana Augusta Colonia 



Dacica." Continuations have been published of 

 some imjK>rtant books, like Inue Na. 

 Diplomaticus Andegiivensis " (Vol. VI), and the 

 comprehensive " Historv of the Hu.s.sian !' 

 (Vol. I\'), by (i vnla Lax.iir. The first installments 

 of the last-named author's " lli-tory of England " 

 'and of Theodore Ortvay's " History of the Town 

 of Pressburg" have also been issued. Mtuiy of 

 the historical works, and also Jeno Ronn. 

 edition of the "Strategic Works of Count Nico- 

 las Zrinvi," the poet and soldier, ire published 

 by the Hungarian Academy of Science, which 

 society plays an important part in promoting the 

 cause of national literature. A " Life of Shake- 

 speare" (which won an Academy prize), by Au- 

 gust Greguss, one of Colbert, by A. Ballagi, and 

 a bulky but excellent volume on Andras Faj, the 

 celebrated Hungarian poet, by F. Badics, form 

 the principal contributions to biography. 



The translators appear to have been busy 

 enough during the last twelvemonth, but there 

 seems to have been no such activity in the field 

 of original thought, for the report comes to us 

 of the complete absence of any noteworthy ef- 

 forts in the department of philosophy. Practical 

 considerations, rather than theoretical, seem to 

 have influenced the writers in the field of politi- 

 cal and social economy. The Academy of Sci- 

 ence, already mentioned, has begun the publica- 

 tion of an exceedingly useful series of translations 

 of standard works by foreigners, books by Adam 

 Smith (" Wealth of Nations "). Malthus, Ricaido, 

 and Holyoake (' Rochdale Pioneers "), having 

 already been issued in the collection. The fol- 

 lowing may be named as commendable works of 

 more or less practical utility in this department: 

 A monograph of the Buda-'Pesth Commercial 

 Bank, by Polza; comprehensive "Statistics of 

 the Hungarian Water Ways." by A. Zawodski ; 

 treatises on mortgage (Rath), railway questions 

 (Lipthay), and monetary standard (Count Wiek- 

 enburg,' Armin Neumann, Karl Mandello), and 

 a brochure by Ftildes on " The English Universi- 

 ties and the Labor Question, with Special Regard 

 to Toynbee Hall." 



The dictionary makers have also been busy. 

 Ignatius Ualasz has brought out a "South Lap- 

 landish Dictionary." and B. Munkaesy has begun 

 the publication of his " Vojtak Dictionary," said 

 to be important both philologicallv and ethno- 

 graphically, while the great " Philological Dic- 

 tionary " of the Academy is nearing completion. 

 Another very important philological publication 

 is J. Balassa's "Idiotikon of the Magyar Dia- 

 lects," the first good and comprehensive work of 

 its kind. A similarly epoch-making book is 

 "The Magyar Population of the District of Ka- 

 lotaszeg," in which the noted geographer Janos 

 Janko furnishes what is perhaps the first really 

 scientific introduction to a knowledge bf the 

 ethnography of the various nationalities in Hun- 

 gary. In this connection might be mentioned 

 also three collections of popular songs and bal- 

 lads: "Szeged Videke Xepkolte'se," edited by L. 

 Kalnuin: " Bolgar Ncpkoltesi Gyujterneny." 

 translated by Adolf Strauss, and "Vopul NVp- 

 koltesi Gyujterneny," brought out by B. Mun- 

 kaesy. They deal with the folk songs of the dis- 

 trict' of Szegedin (Hungary). Bulgaria, and the 

 Voguls, respectively. Lastly, we have yet to 

 name B. Reiner's "Pictures of Hungarian Life," 



