For general and accurate information about Hungary:
“Pallas” Encyclopædia (in Hungarian) in sixteen volumes, just (March, 1898) completed.
History of Hungarian Literature:
See the chapter at the end of the present work. In German there is the able work of Professor J. H. Schwicker (“Geschichte der ungarischen Litteratur,” Leipsic, 1889). In Italian we have the short history of G. A. Zigány, “Letteratura Ungherese” (Milan, 1892, one of Hoepli’s “Manuals.”)
Selections from Hungarian poets:
Paul Erdélyi, A magyar költészet kincsesháza (Budapest, 1895).
Complete Catalogues of Hungarian books since the invention of typography:
Charles Szabó and Árpád Hellebrant “Régi Magyar Könyvtár” (1879-1896, 3 vols.), comprising the books printed down to 1711.
Géza Petrik, Bibliographia Hungariæ 1712-1860, catalogus librorum in Hungaria, et de rebus patriam nostram attingentibus extra Hungariam editorum (Budapest, 1888-1892), with subject and author’s indexes.
Periodical Literature; index to Hungarian:
Szinnyei József, “Hazai és külföldi folyóiratok magyar tudományos repertoriuma,” 3 vols. (1874-1885), two of which give the list of articles, both in Hungarian and foreign periodicals, on Hungarian history, and the third, articles on mathematical and natural sciences. This excellent work comprises even most of the political daily papers.
Periodical devoted to the study of the history of Hungarian Literature:
“Irodalomtörténeti közlemények,” edited first by Aladár Ballagi, and now by Aron Szilády (since 1891; full, well edited, with careful indexes).
Literary biography:
Joseph Szinnyei, the younger, “Magyar irók élete és munkái.” Most exhaustive, with complete bibliographies to each writer and his works, comprising even articles written in daily papers. (Budapest, since 1891, still unfinished).
The Magyar Language:
The most comprehensive work is by Professor Sigismund Simonyi, “A magyar nyelv” (2 vols., Budapest, 1889, 8vo).