The History of the Slavic Language and Literature in All Dialects (1826), written by Pavol Jozef Šafárik (1795 – 1861), a significant writer and Slavist, is among the pioneering works of European Slavic Studies. The book was written during Šafárik’s stay in Novi Sad and it was published, with the support of Martin Hamuljak (1789 – 1859), in German in Buda. The development of the languages and literatures of Slavic nations, from time immemorial up to Šafárik’s days, is introduced through a comparative method. The work is based on the theories of Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 – 1803...