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134 have been made to issue from our press as frequently as possible all the best examples of English literary work, and in this way build up what we may reasonably style our „English library“. (Editor J. Otto—Prague.)

Bohemian scientific literature may be said only to have appeared for the first time in the 19th century, as proviouslypreviously [sic] Bohemian savants published their works either in German or Latin. However, the nationalization of this branch of the work is progressing steadily. In the several departments of scientific writing, those who have made their mark and are recognised as authorities; are the following: Gel. Dobner who is called the father of Bohemian modern history, Fr. Palacký, Jos. Dobrovský, P. J. Šafařík, V. V. Tomek, J. Kalousek, H. Jireček, Jar. Goll, Jos. Emler and J. Pekař. The next group represent scholastic or as we may say, works of national culture. The names worthy of special mention are Č. Zíbrt, Zik. Winter, A. Sedláček, while in general historical work the name of A. V. Šembera is an honoured one. In the archeological division, the names of P. J. Šafařík, J. E. Vocel, J. Niederle and J. Píč are worthy of mention.

Bohemian philology as a recognised study owes much to the labours of Jos. Dobrovský, who might be called the pioneer in this field of labour, he was ably followed by P. J. Šafařík, Jos. Jungmann, M. Hattala and in later days the work has been carried on by J. Gebauer and J. Bartoš.

The history of literature has been dealt with in a worthy manner by J. Dobrovský, J. Jungmann, J. Vlček and V. Flajšhans, while that of natural history is represented by the works of J. Purkyně, Jos. Krejčí, Jan Palacký, Ant. Frič and Lad. Čelakovský. Geography has not been so assiduously cultivated as the other sciences, but in recent times good progress has been made thanks to the excellent work done by Jan Palacký, F. G. Studnička and V. Švambera.

In physics, the names most to be honoured by our brief reference are those of J. Zenger, Č. Strouhal and F. Koláček.

Metaphysics has an excellent representation in the highly cultivated works of A. Smetana, Ot. Hostinský, T. G. Masaryk, F. Drtina, Fr. Krejčí, while in the depart-