* * * Discussed scientific papers

On 16. I. of this year, in the section on Bulgarian literature before the Liberation, three works were discussed: by Iliya Konev - Hristo Botev in Serbian and Croatian literature, by Docho Lekov - Karavelov's interest in the folklore and ethnography of the Slavic peoples, and by Stefka Tarinska - The development of the feuilleton during the Bulgarian Renaissance. The following spoke: prof. P. Dinekov, S. Baeva, D. Lekov, St. Tarinska, P. Totev, B. Nichev. The work of Il. Konev was positively evaluated in view of the interesting topic and its development. The chapter on the influence of Botev's poetry on the work of the Croatian poet August Harambašić was indicated as the most valuable. The author was recommended to introduce greater systematicity and proportionality into the presentation and to increase the analysis of the examples.