Kmetijske in rokodelske novice was a newspaper, which was being published between 1843 and 1903. Its editor in chief up to 1883 was Janez Bleiweis, also known as 'the father of the nation'. New issues were published once a week, except in between 1852 and 1857, when issues came out twice a week. Most of the articles in the newspaper were related to economic and agricultural activities, but in each issue included some that covered the topics of literature and linguistics. I have examined twenty one volumes spanning from 1843 through 1863 and have made an inventory of all articles concerning literature, linguistics and literary works. I have also analyzed three poems by Lord Byron and have compared the original versions to their translations by Janez Menart and Fran Jeriša. The three poems are all part of Lord Byron's colletion of poetry called Hebrew melodies, which he wrote in 1815. They were published in Kmetijske in rokodelske novice in 1852, this being their first translation into the slovene language.
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