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LITERATURE, CONTINENTAL IN 1807. 



New novel* are "MeUmorfose" (" a dis* -ction of 

 a modern novelet which is autobiographical anil 



* .t-ertis. published in ' he 



; willem Pa .tie." mi anti- 



rably well written"; ami " he 



the \v,.rk 



of tin- younger writer* i* Influenced ly psvcho- 



logical, 'in. Tnl. ami -.-ml theories. Examples of 



lavs dciilmg with ili- dark -ide of lif 



Mtific.half- 

 fantaMir; tin- nun-h-dix-iivM-d. n,.t deep, som< 



ensmoede, by Anna de Savornin 

 Lohman. author al*o of "LroniMiMt''; ami < I'. 

 Brandt van I Snip's "Twyfel " (well told, in - 



U.th analyzing conflicts of faith: and 

 PlMM Ofr depressing and 



^singly n-aliMic picture <>f th- dreary 



V i : 'Miantic are 



hero of which srorns 



.!y power. but his human nut IIP- j : 

 ger than ethical maxim-' and Adriaan van 

 Irmcnlo." a dramatic .story of 

 nflict U'twccn Christianity and heath- 

 in the Middle Ages. Annie Linden's "(iold 

 story of life in hutch F.ast India vividly told. 

 Ifl supplied in Frederik v; 

 .g of Loyalty,** a beautiful dramatic 

 I, ami Albert Ycrwvy's " Aardo." r. -prints 



" 



marked by "deep thought and stately rhythm." A 



costly illustrate,! edition of the poeins of the late 



Jaques Perk has been is-ucd. PolCM Mont, in a spirit 



- brought out "Sederl I'otgit -tcr'> 



/en van Noord- en Xuidnedcrland-clie 



hichters." an anthology of hutch and Flemish po- 



.11 which connection a hutch critic informs u- 

 that the briskness and advance of Dutch poetry is 



. omi-anied by a correspond ing regrncrat'ion 

 in Flemish literature. It appears that the old 

 I ' Qidf" il already publishing contributions by 

 the literary reformers and revolutionaries of | 

 ade ago, while the "Nieuwe Gids," edited by \Vil- 

 lem Kloos, is deteriorating. 



II iiiijrary. The millennial exhibition has left its 

 mark upon the literature and life of the year. 

 Manv books of a national character have appeared, 

 [XMMH permanent value: MoMid- 

 l'ri's interesting "Hungary in the Times of its 

 Millennium" (written by prominent specialists): 

 "Millennial Hungary and its Population." by the 



iciaii Joseph de .lekelfalussy; JnliOfl LftO- 

 rencje's finely illustrated "The Millennium of Ilun- 



-.n.l the" National Kxhibitioii " (Vol. II): and 

 " Millennial Hungary." a new richly illustrated fort- 

 nightly in three languages, edited by Lain 

 and Adolf Airai (" I' :/ . '/.".', \:i \-'<-r<-i\<-/.\'s cx- 



t "Life of I'etoft " (pra:s-d at home and 

 abroad . in three volumes, published at the e\; 

 of the Ki<faludy Society, and Tamas Szana'< inter- 

 esting and valuable "Life of Mikl s [/,.. 



necr of modern Hungarian -rulpture"j are im- 



portant biographies. Kick Benedek has issued 



" Hungarian Fairv Tales and Ix-gends." in fivevol- 



It Beothy has written a "Little Mirror 



of Hungarian Literature," and has edited, with 



Krominent scholars, a larger history of Hungarian 

 terature. Antal Ka<lo has published u " II ; 

 of Italian Literature" of "exceptional merit." 

 i;;;-ta\ 1 1< :nrich is cxliting an old Hungarian Li- 

 brary" (annotated texts of old works). Jo-.-ph 

 .es. a tnlentol art critic, in "Past and 

 Future," records studies and impressions of men 

 and i: .re. 



In fiction there are Fen -m ?. H<-rczf?'* not very 



aeeCHfal m bological i . . - Sz . olcs'a Mar- 



riage "and "The First Swallow " (short stories in 



light and masterly vein : i: . rt Tahori's 



"Cracked Columns'* (a characteristic picture of 



inty adminisiratioin : Sep- 

 i-\ /olt;in Ami'i-i'is; Tan 



"Marianne" ana " heiuig.id. and other Si. 

 ib..tl, intimate n and dra- 



Sum- 



mer (Momls " and " Miai 

 haiistible imau'inat i..n. wit. and a ler-.- ainl , 



: " I u i : 1 imo|-,.us .ski-tcli. - '!' tin- 



law court I', male I'., auty." 



by 1 



l'hi/mu r novelet tes); and 

 "Th.- th the (Jol.len (Jloves," by (i\u 



i "qiiainl. com|.l,-x. and powcrfuf iiov.liM"). 

 eil include^ Sandor Umli" IT- line. 

 patriotic Ixuru.v Songs" : I. 



: Mother" : a volume -f rxc-ellenl l\ri'- i 

 by I'... colics de Itudna Jin.i 



other r..e|||s." l,y 1 '- lltOS, t"'t|| !ir\\ \\rit- 



ei-s ,f talent : an-'l a new volume of p..rms |,y llmile 

 Makai (noted for polished formi, who also jmb- 

 lished two ^urre-.xful plays in rhyim "Adven- 

 tures" and " New Adventui . 1 'a line 



play " Princess Kllinor " is poetical rather than 

 dramatic: the comedy "The (Juards." ly 

 I'jvari, a new playwright, is effective; and 'l\ 



in " Pink Letters," s U ee,-sf,iil\ |. 

 for comedy. The moM popular play of the \ 



iiislation of hu MaurieV's " Trilny "- 

 was 1 -The Wild Flower of (J\ : 



Italy. The study of hM.,r\. 



to In- awakening, and to be abandoning the field of 

 overminute iiK|uiries f,,r that of compreh- 

 syntheses or brilliant monographs ,,n ...um- particu- 

 lar point of hist,,r\." Hi>t..Hcal works of not. 

 interest an- Mirhelangd" Schipa's " History of the 

 huchy of Naples;" hcl LUIILTO'S studies on IV.li- 

 tian. entitled " Florent ia " : I'. Mnlmrn: 



xia : nuovi Studi li St..ria e d'Arte"; the corre- 

 spondence of tl. u licit inn liicasoli.and of 



the historian Michele Amari; and the prolific 

 Luigi Chiala's " La N'ita e i Temjii del (iei. 

 Giuseppe haborrniila." Toinmaso Caivaim 

 interestingly of Venezuela. Kc'-ent events have in- 

 spired A. lo-sj\ Alia (iiien, iirile- 



inaLririo 1M7." and Am. Nicolet t i- A It imari's 

 gli Abissjni." Noteworthy new editions of ancient 

 texts are the " he Bello Ootico *' of I'rocopii. 

 ited by Compare! ti. and the" Epistolario " of CphlO- 

 cio Salutato. edited by.Novati. The fine facsimile 

 edition of Leonardo da Vin-i'- ' 

 being issm-d under the aii-pi<-es of tl'e Ac- -ademia 

 lei Linc.-i. Paolo Luotto'^ U \-en. Sav-nar 

 il Savonarola di L. I'a-t..r " i-an elaborate and con- 

 vincing defense. " P r Antonio Rosmini, nel primo 

 Centcnario dalla sun Na-cita." by a numb-r oi 

 mini's followers, constitutes "tin- solemn aflirma- 

 tion of a philosophico- religious school.'* and M tb 

 fundamental principle of Ilosmini's philosophy, the 

 idea of Being considered ii- the divine origin of hu- 

 man intelligence, is here developed in sever.il differ- 

 ent ways." Gaetano Neuri i-sues rnoder.i-e and 

 effective "Medita/.imi vagaliomle" <.n religioi, 

 metaphysical problem-. " L'Kuropa piovane," I') 

 (lUglielmo I-'errero (-oejalisj i<-. eloo,uent. ima 



.11 acute ol \a been called the mo-t in- 



:ng book of i . thoii-h the author 



leems to base ( m isions on insuffici( i.t 



remarkable as a prolific author of 



' La l'i-oprieta fondiari a la ' 

 tione sofiale." Two interesting pamiihlets b\ . 

 White Mario deal, respectively, with "11 Si 

 jH-niten/iario e il Domicilio coatto in Italia "and 

 Le op,. re pie e I'lnfanticidio legal.-." Ai 

 Conti makes an inten-ting study of "(Jiorgi 

 Literary criticism is flourishing vigorously. Among 

 the numer'.us noteworthy publications in this field 

 is Franco Ridella's " Una Sventura postuma di Oi- 



