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Fricdmann's " II Drama Tedc>ro ,1,1 nostro Secolo" 

 CJ vols. i, li. /umbini's " Stmli ill Krttmiturti Struni- 

 crc," aii.l Giulio Monti's "l.a I'lx-sia del Dolore" 

 <>ii tin- inspiration afforded by sutl'cring) arc also 



WdrtllV of note. 



An unusually luge number of novels have seen the 

 light, and they appear to show in general a marked 

 improvement ana less conventionality. Especially is 

 this true of the work of t lie younger men, mob as Giu- 

 seppe ill Rossi ("Mai d' A more"), Marco Praga, a suc- 

 cessful young playwright (" La Biondina "), ana Carlo 

 Placci ("Uii Furto"). Salvatore Farina's " Amorc 

 Hiii/iiirdo" is said to fall behind tho previous efforts 

 of this Italian Dickens' 1 ; Paolo Lioy's bizarre 

 "Spiriti del Pensioro" is described as a "ghastly 

 story of life and death"; L. Giulio Manibrini's " A 

 Berao n ia marked by delicate sentiment; while"! 

 l.usMiriosi,' 1 ' a naturalistic novel, the first work of 

 Luciano Zuccoli, shows talent, but is characterized as 

 unrlean and paradoxical." Geronimo Rovetta has 

 published " 11 Prime Amanto"; Anton Giulio Barrili, 

 a >< -ries of stories dealing with Columbus and his 

 times ; Matilde Serrao, a fantastic romance (" Cas- 

 tigo"); Anna Rading (Neera), "Senio " and "Nel 

 s.i^iio" 1 ; Bruno Speraui (pseudonym of a lady), 

 " Emma Walder"; and Alberto Cantoni, a skeptical 

 humorist, "L'Altalena dello Antipatie." Ugo Val- 

 carenghi's " Distruzione," an important product of 

 naturalistic art, has attracted much attention, and 

 various phases of military life form the theme of I. 

 Tn -Ma's " Volontario *di un Anno," A. Olivieri San- 

 giacomo's " Fanti e Cuori," and G. Saragat's " In Ca- 

 serma." The classical tendency in poetry, though it 

 has evidently outlived the ultrauaturalistic move- 

 ment, seems to be itself on the wane, despite Carducci's 

 championship of it and the graceful verses of Enrico 

 I'an/acehi. We are told that a note of sympathy with 

 tin- oppressed runs through some of the newest lyric 

 poetry. Giosue Carducci, who arouses so much criti- 

 cism, both favorable and adverse, has published " II 

 Cadere," noted as a lofty patriotic production ; Napo- 

 leone Razetti's " Carmi e Odi Barbare " are said, on 

 the whole, to show beauty of form and vigorous con- 

 ception; Gabriele D'Annunzio's "Odi Navali" show 

 signs of degeneracy into weakness and mannerism ; 

 \\ hile Sylvia Albertoni's " Versi" are said to be per- 

 vaded by a "melody, delicately fascinating." The 

 silver wedding of the king and the queen as a source 

 of jioctic inspiration has resulted in a long string of 

 uninteresting and indifferent verse. A third edition of 

 Pope Leo XIII's Latin poems (" Carmina et Inscrip- 

 tiones ") has been announced. Critics are now taking 

 a more hopeful view of dramatic art in this country; 

 a salutary realism is said to mark recent work in this 

 field. Caniillo Antona-Traversi, whose " Le Rozeno " 

 met with such success, has been at work upon a new 

 play, " l>anza Macabre"; his brother, Giannino An- 

 toua-Traversi, is the author of " La Mattina dopo " 

 anil Dura Lex" (a plea in favor of divorce) ; the 

 adultery of a physician's wife with a friend, one of 

 his patients, forms the subject of two plays, G. M. 

 Seal inker's "II Dottor Miiller" and Illica's"" World 

 of Thought," while F. Bernardini's " II Cieco " deals 

 with the unfaithfulness of a blind man's wife. The 

 Goldoni festival of February, in Venice, developed 

 into an imposing popular demonstration. 



Norway^ Among the new works in the various 

 til-Ms ot learning are the continuation of "Diploma- 

 tarium Norvciricum . . . ; udirivnc at' C. R. Unger og 

 II.. I. lliiit.feldt-Kaas"; <>. Skavlan. " lleiirik WM6- 

 land Afhandlinger og Brudstykkcr udu'het t-tti-r 

 Forfatterens efterladte Papirer "\189-2) ; J. B. Halvor- 

 si-n's Norsk Forfatter-Lexikon, 1814-'80" (continua- 

 tion) ; "Den angelsaksiske Kirkes hultlydelse paaden 

 norskc," by A. Taranger ; A. C. Bang's " Dokumenter 

 oi; Studier verdr^rende den lutherske Katekismus' 

 Historic i Nordens Kirker" (Vol. I), L. H. A berg's 

 " Filosofisk Sedelara" (2 vols.), and various volumes 

 l>y F. llagerup and others on legal topics. Henrik 

 .larger lias begun "Illustreret norsk literatur Historic." 

 In belles-lettres, B. Lie's "I Eventyrland" (1892); T. 



I'. K rag's " Ennomme Menncsker. Lo og andro For- 

 talllnger " (18M) ; II. K. Kinek's "Iluldn-n" 

 P. Eggc 1 - Kn >kihsgut" (IH'J-J). are to be recorded. 

 Toward the end Of 1892 the" NytTidHkrift-nyrackke" 

 appeared, a revivitieution of the little magazine u Nyt 

 '1 idskrift," which liad run fn)iu lH2-'87; Sigurd, 

 ll>sen. Bjornson, J. E. Sars, and other* are among it* 

 contributors. More interest and criticism than ever 

 have been aroused b_\ " Hygmester Solness," the new 

 play by Henrik Ibsen, who appears to be the object of 

 a veritable cult in London, where an Ibsen Society 

 has been formed. In his latest production, it is saiu, 

 his powers are at their height; if it is his most pro- 

 foundly thoughtful play, it is also his most obscure 

 one. 



Polaadi Beginning with history, W. Boguslawski's 

 " Annals of the Western Slavs," and " Monumenta Po- 

 loniffi Historica," Vol. VI, are to be noted, as well as 

 monographs by A. Pawinski (" Youth of Sigismund 

 the Old ") ; A. Kraushar (" Life of Christopher Arcis- 

 zewski," admiral of the Dutch in Brazil, 1592-1656, 

 2 vols.) ; and A. Lewicki (" Insurrection of Swidry- 

 gello," a Lithuanian chief). I. K. Ozegalki has pub- 

 lished " Reminiscences of bloody times in 1863," and 

 K. Skirmuntt and A. Czolowski have issued brochures 

 on Lithuania and Eastern Galicia respectively. W. 

 Spasowicz's collected writ^n^s, in six volumes, have 

 appeared. St. 1. Czarnowski has written on " Peri- 

 odical Literature and its Development," and W. Ru- 

 bozyfiski on the "Golden Age of Italian Art"; M. 

 Strajanu is the author of "Prin;ipie de Estetic& s,i 

 Poetica " ; F. Wisniewski's subject ia " Mind and Mat- 

 ter"; and I. Dabrovski makes a study of " Death "; 

 mosfof these are short treatises. 



In prose fiction there arc a number of new publica- 

 tions to record, among them not a few of merit " Lux 

 iu Tenebris Lucet " and " Do we follow Him ? " (the 

 crucifixion on Golgatha forming the principal inci- 

 dent) are by II. Sienkiewicz, translations of whose 

 writings have been well received in the United States. 

 B. Prus has issued "The Little Angelica" (in which 

 tragedy and humor are happily combineo); Mine. 

 Orzeszko, " The Vestal " ; T. T. Jez, " In the Dark " (a 

 peasant story); Z. Kaczkowski, "The Zaklika" (a 

 doleful picture of Polish nobility) ; Mme. Z. Kowerska, 

 " The Little Rosalie " ; Sewer, " In Shadow and Sun- 

 shine" (a story of rural life, marked by truth and 

 feeling); Jeske-Choifiski, "In Chains"; Ad. Kre- 

 chowiecki, " Veto " (4 vols.) ; W. Luskina, the artist, 

 "The Great Year" (depicting the coming war); M. 

 Gawalewicz, "The Fog"; Rawita, "Charcyzy" (a 

 historical novel dealing with the Cossack rebellion in 

 Poland in the last century); Abgar-Sottan, "The 

 Realm of the Czars " (a picture of Russian bureauc- 

 racy) ; Mme. Zapolska, " A Fragment of Life " (an 

 excellent novelette) ; and another lady, under the 

 pseudonym Zmogas, two stories, one pealing with 

 ryihilisrn, the other with the Lithuanian rising of 

 1863. Two beginners have been quite successful 

 J. Dombrowski with " Death," a " psychopathological 

 study," and Miss J. Szebek with " A Sisyphus Life."' 

 Among the short stories, sketches, and novelettes 

 brought out during the vear are publications by Osto- 

 ja, .1. I.entowski, Mine. l\onopnickn. the distiliiruishcil 

 poet ("Na dredze"), A. Dyirasinski, S. Graybuer, Z. 

 Nieilxwieeki i a writer <>f decided talent, whose erotic 

 tendencies have been objected to), Kosiakiewic/., 

 who describes life in the smaller towns, and Miss 

 Sxe/esna (Cylmlskai. whose prose sketches in 

 ing Clouds" are quite ]>oetical in feeling. Of poetry, 

 K. Lewandowski's Sxella'' and C. .lankowski's A 

 few Rhymes" have been well received, while Fclicyall 

 < Falenski i, noted for his perfection of form, has bro- 

 ken his long silence by a volume of epigrams and satirca 

 entitled " .\leaiulry," and a collection of " Translations 

 from Foreign IV 



There has been much activity among dramatist*, 

 which may be due in part to two competitions, held 

 at Warsaw and Cracow. "The Woman Teacher," a 

 prize play by Count W. Koziebrodski. deceased since 

 then, though reminiscent of Dumas, is original in con- 



