Editing Sorbs (section)

====19th century====
Polish-Sorbian contacts continued in the 19th century. Noted advocate for the preservation of Polish culture and language in [[Masuria]], [[Gustaw Gizewiusz]], during his visits in [[Budissin]] and Leipzig, came into close contact with Sorbian publicist {{ill|Jan Pětr Jordan|hsb|v=sup}}, and then Jordan published a study on the situation of the Poles in Masuria, including a collection of documents and journal articles from 1834–1842.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sukertowa-Biedrawina|first=Emilia|year=1958|title=Z zagadnień walki o szkołę polską w diecezji ełckiej w pierwszej połowie XIX wieku|magazine=Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie|language=pl|issue=1|page=65}}</ref> In the 1840s, [[Romanticism in Poland|Polish Romantic]] poet {{ill|Roman Zmorski|pl|v=sup}} befriended the Sorbian writer [[Jan Arnošt Smoler]] in [[Wrocław]], and then he settled in Lusatia, where he got to know other leading Sorbian national revival figures {{ill|Křesćan Bohuwěr Pful|hsb|v=sup}}, {{ill|Jaroměr Hendrich Imiš|hsb}} and {{ill|Michał Hórnik|hsb|v=sup}}.{{sfn|Lewaszkiewicz|2015|p=88}} Zmorski then issued the Polish newspaper ''Stadło'' in Budissin, translated four Smoler's poems into Polish, and published articles about the Sorbs in other Polish press.{{sfn|Lewaszkiewicz|2015|pp=88–89}} Michał Hórnik declared his sympathy and admiration for the Poles, popularised knowledge of [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] and [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]] through Sorbian press, reported on the events of the Polish [[January Uprising]] of 1863–1864 and made contacts with Poles during visits to Warsaw, [[Kraków]] and [[Poznań]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wojtal|first=Józef|year=1973|title=Michał Hornik – budziszyński przyjaciel Polski i popularyzator dzieł Kopernika|journal=Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny Sobótka|publisher=[[Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich]]|location=Wrocław|language=pl|volume=XXVIII|issue=2|pages=184–186}}</ref> Polish historian {{ill|Wilhelm Bogusławski|pl|v=sup}} wrote the first book on Sorbian history ''Rys dziejów serbołużyckich'', published in [[Saint Petersburg]] in 1861. The book was expanded and published again in cooperation with Michał Hórnik in 1884 in [[Bautzen]], under a new title ''Historije serbskeho naroda''. Polish historian and activist {{ill|Alfons Parczewski|pl|v=sup}} was another friend of Sorbs, who from 1875 was involved in Sorbs' rights protection, participating in Sorbian meetings in Bautzen. Parczewski joined the [[Maćica Serbska]] organization in 1875, supported Sorbian publishing, wrote articles about Sorbs in Polish press and collected Sorbian magazines and books, which now form part of the Adam Asnyk Regional Public Library in [[Kalisz]].{{sfn|Lewaszkiewicz|2015|p=91}} It was thanks to him, among others, that [[Józef Ignacy Kraszewski]] founded a scholarship for Sorbian students. His sister {{ill|Melania Parczewska|pl|v=sup}} joined the Maćica Serbska in 1878, wrote articles about Sorbs in Polish press and translated Sorbian poems into Polish.{{sfn|Lewaszkiewicz|2015|p=91}}