Plojhar_ has had the greatest success. Of later Bohemian poets the best
are Adolf Heyduk, Svatopluk Cech and Jaroslav Vrchlicky (b. 1853). Of
Svatopluk Cech's many poems, which are all inspired by national
enthusiasm, _Vaclav z Michalovic, Lesetinsky Kovar_ (the smith of
Lesetin) and _Basne otroka_ (the songs of a slave) are the most notable.
While Vrchlicky (pseudonym of Emil Frida) has no less strong patriotic
feelings, he has been more catholic in the choice of the subjects of his
many works, both in poetry and in prose. Of his many collections of
lyric poems _Rok na jihu_ (a year in the south), _Poute k Eldoradu_
(pilgrimages to Eldorado) and _Sonety Samotare_ (sonnets of a recluse)
have particular value. Vrchlicky is also a very brilliant dramatist.
Bohemian novelists have become very numerous. Mention should be made of
Alois Jirasek, also a distinguished dramatic author; Jacob Arbes, whose
_Romanetta_ have great merit; and Vaclav Hladik, whose _Evzen Voldan_ is
a very striking representation of the life of modern Prague. Like so
many Bohemian authors, Hladik also is a copious dramatic author.

Bohemia has been very fruitful in historic writers. Wenceslas Tomek
(1818-1905) left many historical works, of which his _Dejepis miesta
Prahy_ (history of the town of Prague) is the most important. Jaroslav
Goll (b. 1846) is the author of many historical works, especially on the
community of the Bohemian Brethren. Professor Joseph Kalousek has
written much on the early history of Bohemia, and is also the author of
a very valuable study of the ancient constitution (_Statni pravo_) of
Bohemia. Dr Anton Rezek is the author of important historical studies,
many of which appeared in the Journal of the Bohemian Museum and in the
_Cesky Casopis Historicky_ (Bohemian Historical Review), which he
founded in 1895 jointly with Professor Jaroslav Goll. More recently Dr
Vaclav Flajshans has published some excellent studies on the life and
writings of John Huss, and Professors Pic and Niederle have published
learned archaeological studies on the earliest period of Bohemian
history.

See Count Lutzow, _A History of Bohemian Literature_ (London, 1899);
W.R. Morfill, _Slavonic Literature_ (1883); A.N. Pypin and V.D.
Spasovic, _History of Slavonic Literature_ (written in Russian,
translated into German by Trangott Pech, _Gesch. der slav.
Literaturen_, 2 vols., Leipzig, 1880-1884). There are modern histories
of Bohemian literatur