JOSIKA. yo'shI-ko, MIKLos, Baron (1796 1865). An Hungarian novelist. born of a distin guished family, April 28, 1796, at Torda, in Transylvania. In his youth he served for some time in the Austrian army, and then for many years devoted himself to agriculture and study. He was a member of the Transylvanian Diet in 1834 and again in 1847. His first works appeared in 1834 under the title of Iran?, (Tendency) and fazolatok (Sketches). and were exceedingly popular. From that period till the revolution in 1848 he wrote about sixty novels. all of which were published at Budapest_ and most of which have been translated into Ger man. The most important are: Abafi (1836); Az Waist; Botory (The Last Batory. IS3S) : Zrinpi a kii/to (The Poet Zrinyi, 1840) : A Csehek illagyarorszeigban (The Bohemians in Hungary, 1840) : and Josika Istrdn (Stephen Jr.sika—one of the author's ancestors-1847). Involved in
the Hungarian revolution, he had to leave his native country, and afterwards lie resided at Brussels, where he continued his literary work. In 1864 he removed to Dresden, where he died in 1865. Among his productions written in exile are: Egy Magyar csalcid a forradaloin alatt (A Hungarian Family During the Revolution) ; Die Fain(lie Madly, like the foregoing first in German; Eszter (Esther) ; and A ;L:egede Los zork(inyok (The Witehes of Szegedin). Josika was a thoroughly natural novelist, and drew his materials almost wholly from the history, of his own land. He has been called the Walter Scott of Hungary. being the real founder of the his torical novel of that country. Consult his Memoirs. Em11:kirat (Budapest. ISGS), which he was writing at the time of his death.