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manuscripts, and published a collection of Slovak folk-songs in collaboration with Kollar and others (1823–1827). In 1826 his Geschichte der slawischen Sprache and Literatur nach See also:

ALIEN (Lat. alienus)

alien Mundarten appeared at See also:

BUDAPEST

Budapest (and ed., 1869). This See also:

BOOK

book was the first See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to give any-thing like a systematic See also:

account of the Slavonic See also:

LANGUAGES

languages as a whole. In 1833 he returned to Prague, where he spent the See also:

REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his See also:

LIFE

life. There he published his Serbische Lesekorner See also:

ODER (Lat. Viadua; Slavonic, Vjodr)

oder historisch-kritische Beleuchtung der Serbischen Mundart, and in 1837 his See also:

GREAT

great See also:

WORK

work Slovanske Staroitnosti (" Slavonic Antiquities "). The " Antiquities " have been translated into See also:

POLISH

Polish, See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian and See also:

German; a second edition (1863) was edited by J. See also:

Jirecek.

In 184o he published in See also:

CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Palacky See also:

Die ditesten Denkmdler der bohmischen Sprache. In 1837 poverty compelled him to accept the uncongenial See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

CENSOR (from Lat. censere, assess, estimate; in Gr. rt s ris)

censor of Czech publications, which he abandoned in 1847 on becoming custodian of the Prague public library. In 1842 he published his Slovansk9 Ndrodopis, in which he sought to give a See also:

COMPLETE

complete account of Slavonic See also:

ETHNOLOGY

ethnology. He was also for some See also:

time conductor of the " See also:

Journal " of the Bohemian Museum, and edited the first volume of the Vybor, or selections from old Czech writers, which appeared under the auspices of the Prague literary society in 1845. To this he prefixed a See also:

GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar of the Old Czech See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, Pocttkovd starobeske mluvnice. In 1848 he was made See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of Slavonic See also:

PHILOLOGY

philology in the university of Prague, but resigned in 1849. He was then made keeper of the university library. In 1857 he published Glagotitische Fragmente in collaboration with Hoffer; but in the same See also:

YEAR

year, as a result of overwork, See also:

ill See also:

HEALTH

health and See also:

FAMILY

family anxieties, he became insane. He was nevertheless continued in his See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment until his See also:

DEATH

death in 1861: Schafarik's collected See also:

WORKS

works, Seb"ane Spisy, were published at Prague. 1862–1865; his Geschichte der sudslawischen Literatur was edited by Jirecek in 3 vols. (1864–1865).

End of Article: SCHAFARIK (Czech, Safa,Ik), PAVEL JOSEF (1795–1861)

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