This enthusiasm for the mother tongue doubtless awakened in many a scholar the desire to devote himself to its cultivation. Thus many authors arose, among whom the most distinguished were Kollár, Erben, Jablonský, and Čelakovsky. Kollár’s Slavý dcera (Slava’s Daughter), was the means of awakening much patriotic enthusiasm. 
Francis L. Čelakovsky.Jablonský wrote many didactic poems, that were much prized by the common people; Čelakovsky put into verse many ancient tales and folk superstitions; and Erben’s numerous ballads, and collection of folk-songs are invaluable additions to the literature of the country.
Not only in literature, but likewise in science, the Bohemian language began to be used. Presl and Kodym produced a number of works on natural science; Sedlaček, in mathematics; Marek, in philosophy; Palacký and Šafarik, in history. Palacký’s “History of Bohemia” is a work that may stand beside the best histories of other nations; while Šafarik’s “Slavonic Antiquities” is a standard authority in its department.
About this time there was started the paper Casopis
