JOKAI, MAURICE

(1825-1904); a Hungarian novelist, b. at Rév-Komarom. He qualified as an advocate, but, encouraged by the praises of the Hungarian Academy about his play Zsido fiu (Jew Boy), he went to Pesth and embarked on a literary career. The publication of his romance Hetkozndpok, 1845, marked an epoch in Hungarian literature, and firmly established its author’s reputation. He was appointed editor of the Hie kepek, and became the centre of the rising talent of his country. For his part in the Revolution of 1848-49, and his support of Ko uth, he was proscribed by the government, and his life was only saved by a stratagem of his wife, Rosa Laborfalvy, the tragic actre . Until 1863 he took no further part in politics, but ee lished sixty romances and edited three periodicals. In 1863 he founded the government paper Hon, and entered parliament, becoming an ardent mer porter of Koloman Tisza (1875-90), Among his romances, nearly all of which have been translated into English are: The Golden Age of Transylvania, and its sequel, The Turks in Hungary; Timar’s Two Worlds, 1888, perhaps his master piece; Eyes like the Sea, which won the Academy’s prize in 1890; Midst the Wild Car path i ans, 1894, with its sequel, The Slaves of the Padishah, 1903; Pretty Michael, 1897; The Lion of Janina, 1897; A Christian, but a Roman, 1900; The Baur’s Sous, 1902; and Tales from Jokat, 1904. §., 110° 30’ B.), residency, Java, Dutch Hast Indies: sugar, indigo; chief town, J., has large citadel. Pop. c. 900,000.