Šafařik, whose health had long been failing, died on June 2nd, 1861. Some time before his death his mental faculties had been affected. I shall only mention a few of the most important of Šafařik's numerous writings. His many Bohemian essays on Slavic philology and archaeology--mostly published in the Journal of the Bohemian Museum--have indeed inestimable value for those who devote themselves to these studies, but little interest for others. Šafařik's first work was a small collection of Bohemian songs, written when he was only nineteen-years of age, and entitled _Tatranská Músa s lyrou Slovanskou_ ("The Carpathian Muse with Slavic Lyre"). Early works also were several translations, of which that of the _Clouds_ of Aristophanes and that of Schiller's _Maria Stuart_ are the most important. A work which had already occupied Šafařik at Jena, but which he only completed during his stay at Neusatz, was his German _Geschichte der Slavischen Sprache und Literatur_ ("History of the Slavic Language and Literature"). Neusatz or Nový Sad, a town in the south of Hungary, close to the frontier of Croatia, and not far from that of the present kingdom of Servia, was situated very favourably for the purpose of studying the various Slav languages. In his book Šafařik, contrary to the now generally accepted method of dividing the Slavs into three branches, distinguishes two classes of Slav nations only, and divides his book into two parts in accordance with this system. The first part deals with the Old Slavic language, the Russian, Servian, Croatian languages, and some minor dialects. The second part contains the history of the Polish and Bohemian literatures, and notes on the now nearly extinct dialects of the Slavs of Northern Germany, The book became antiquated even during Šafařik's lifetime, and he planned a new revised and enlarged edition, which was to have been published in Bohemian. Failing health and other occupations prevented Šafařik from carrying out this work. Even in its first state the book, which was only reprinted after Šafařik's death, long remained the standard authority on the little-known subject of which it treats. It is only since Mr. Pypin and Mr. Spasovič; published in 1865 their (Russian) _History of the Slav Literatures_ that Šafařik's work can be considered as superseded. Another fruit of Šafařik's residence in the South Slav countries was his _Serbische Lesekörner_, an historical and critical analysis of the then little-known Servian language. This book also was written in German.