Produced by Richard Tonsing, R. Cedron and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: VII. Edited by Edmund Gosse, LL.D. Short Histories of the Literatures of the World EDITED BY EDMUND GOSSE, LL.D. Large Crown 8vo, cloth, 6_s._ each Volume ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE By Prof. GILBERT MURRAY, M.A. FRENCH LITERATURE By Prof. EDWARD DOWDEN, D.C.L., LL.D MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE By the EDITOR ITALIAN LITERATURE By RICHARD GARNETT, C.B., LL.D. SPANISH LITERATURE By JAMES FITZMAURICE-KELLY JAPANESE LITERATURE By WILLIAM GEORGE ASTON, C.M.G., D.Lit. BOHEMIAN LITERATURE By THE COUNT LÜTZOW, D.Litt., D.Ph. SANSKRIT LITERATURE By Prof. A. A. MACDONELL, M.A. HUNGARIAN LITERATURE By Dr. RIEDL AMERICAN LITERATURE By Prof. W. P. TRENT RUSSIAN LITERATURE By K. WALISZEWSKI CHINESE LITERATURE By Prof. A. GILES ARABIC LITERATURE By C. HUART _In preparation_ HEBREW LITERATURE By Prof. PHILIPPE BERGER GERMAN LITERATURE By CALVIN THOMAS, LL.D. LATIN LITERATURE By MARCUS DIMSDALE, M.A. _Other volumes will follow_ LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN A History of BOHEMIAN LITERATURE BY THE COUNT LÜTZOW D.LITT. OXON. AND D.PH. PRAG. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCIENCES IN BOHEMIA AND OF THE BOHEMIAN ACADEMY [Illustration] London WILLIAM HEINEMANN MCMVII _First printed, May 1899._ _New Edition, April 1907._ _This Edition enjoys Copyright in all countries signatory to the Berne Treaty, and is not to be imported into the United States of America._ FOREWORD TO NEW IMPRESSION