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223 Martynas Maþvydas and

Old Lithuania

tion to that intellectual part of society, which, presumably, consists of the au-

thors. If the former is meant, then the preposition by or from instead of the prepo-

sition of would disambiguate the sentence. In either interpretation one could say the

same about most contemporary linguists, very few of whom would be able to

survive on the royalties from their publications.

Kaunas then discusses the size of editions of Lithuanian books. He writes

(pp.257-258): Bearing in mind the fact that Maþvydas catechism was to be read

by several tens of Evangelical priests and teachers, its edition was very large

indeed. The use of such an expression as several tens to denote an indefinite

number is rather unusual in English, the term dozen, however, being quite common.

For most contemporary Americans the word priest is unusual to denote a Protestant

clergyman. It is mostly reserved for Roman Catholic and Orthodox clergy. The word

priest may on occasion denote an Episcopalian/Anglican (Protestant), but in the

United States I have never heard the word to denote a Lutheran clergyman. Further-

more Kaunas writes: In spite of the efforts of the Protestant church the Bible in

Lithuanian, due to its high price, could not be published in sizeable editions up to

the Napoleons wars (p.259). It would seem to me that the most elementary

grammar of English would show that the definite article cannot be used with the

possessive in s. One could say the Napoleonic wars or the wars of Napoleon

but the Napoleons wars sounds very odd indeed.

In Darius Kuolys article Visions of society evolution in 16th century Lithua-

nian literature (pp.267-285) we read (p.267): This was a period of fairly radical

cultural, political, legal and economic reforms, when new rules of social life were

created and brave ideas of societal evolution raised. Kuolys suggests that in the

16th century Lithuanian society was relative tolerant of religious and ethnic diffe-

rences. This tolerance was lost in the second half of the 17th century, considerably

influenced by the coercion of the invaders from Moscow and Sweden (p.283).

(Parenthetically I might remark that the adjective Aryan as in the Aryan Simonas

Budny [p.280] is an adjective referring to the Indo-European language family

[Websters Third International Dictionary, p.125]. The spelling Arian is also possible

to refer to the language family and derivative meanings, but Arian is the only

possible spelling for an adjective derived from the name of the fourth century

theologian Arius [Websters Third International Dictionary, p.117].)

The title of Sigitas Narbutas article is: History of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

in the works of Motiejus Strijkovskis (pp.287-309). Narbutas writes that Motiejus

Strijkovskis The yet unseen in daylight Chronicle of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia

and all the lands of Rus (Ktora przedtym nigdy swiatùa nie widziaùa, Kronika Polska

Litewska Zmodzka y wszystkiey Rusi) is subject to various interpretations. Still in

Narbutas opinion the Lithuanian rulers Vytautas and Kæstutis receive a positive

evaluation in the Chronicle.

Vincentas Drotvinas article The message of the manuscript dictionaries of

Lithuania Minor (pp.311-341) is a description of the early dictionaries of Lithua-

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