BIBLIOGRAPHY Not
unnecessarily to extend this list, I here enumerate only a few books dealing either with Bohemian literature as a whole, or with considerable portions of it. Bohemian books have increased rapidly within the last few years. The works which owe their origin alone to the "question of the MSS." are very numerous. I have therefore left unmentioned many valuable monographs which are indispensable to those who wish to acquire a more thorough knowledge of Bohemian literature than I have been able to give in this book. Literature and history are very closely connected in Bohemia, and many of the modern historians of Bohemia, particularly Palack^, Tieftrunk, GoU, Gindely, and Kalousek, throw a great deal of light also on the literature of Bohemia
some foreign historical works on that counr
try, particularly Mr. Ernest Denis's brilliant Fin de Indipendance
BoMme, also give much attention to the literature of the country.
Much valuable information on Bohemian literature is also contained
in the numerous editions of ancient Bohemian writings—frequently mentioned in my book—that have appeared at the end of the last Most of them contain and during the whole of the present century. commentaries and Besides valuable the Journal of biographies. the Bohemian Museum, the yearly publications of the Bohemian Society of Sciences incidentally devote their attention to the literature
Periodicals such as the Sv6tozor, Lumir, OsvSta, and others contain many interesting articles on Bohemian literature. of the country.
Casopis Musea KrXlovstvi Cesk^HO. Journalof the Museum of the Bohemian Kingdom. Published annually since 1827. DOBROVSKY (Joseph). Literatur. Prag, 181 8.
Geschichte der Bohmischen Sprache und
FlajShans (Dr. Vaclav). ture).
Pisemnictvi Cesk^ (Bohemian LiteraOnly part of this illustrated work has as yet appeared.
