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of Bohemia — who contributed to the expenses of the publication — of that intention. During the last nine years of his life Palackj^ employed whatever spare time his political engagements left him in re-writing parts of his History in accordance with fresh materials, in completing the Bohemian version of parts that had at first appeared in German only, and in eliminating the passages that the censors had obliged him to insert. This new revised edition was, as already mentioned, completed only in the year of the author's death. Palack^'s History of Bohemia is now recognised as one of the great historical works of the nineteenth century. Though less known in England than on the Continent, it has there also obtained the praises of historians, such It is as Bishop Creighton and the late Mr. Wratislaw. not easy to define the circumstances that rendered the publication of Palacky's monumental work a political event in Bohemia, contributing greatly to the revival of national feeling. The record of a glorious past came as a revelation to the Bohemians, whom the German inhabitants of Austria were, in consequence of their long supremacy, in the habit of treating with contempt. It fortified the patriots in their belief that their nation and its language would not perish. It is this conviction which alone explains the intense veneration for Palack^ which all Bohemians felt, many of whom had neither the money to buy nor the time to read his great historical work. The recently published centenary memorial of Palackj?^ contains many striking instances of the devotion with which Bohemians of all classes regarded the I may be permitted to quote historian of their country. A young tailor's apone anecdote from the Memorial. prentice from Moravia, named Breynek, during a visit to