„Wiadomości Literackie” 1760–1763 – popularnonaukowy dodatek do „Kuriera Litewskiego”
“Wiadomości Literackie” 1760–1763, popular science addition to „Kurier Litewski”

Summary/Abstract: “Wiadomości Literackie” addition to “Kurier Litewski” has been appearing in Vilnius between 1760–1763. The Editor in Chief of both titles was Franciszek Paprocki, Jesuit, professor at the Vilnius Academy and a prefect of its print house, publisher of the nation-wide popular calendars. “Wiadomości Literackie” were thought out to be as a small-format and small-volume addition and was supposed to acquaintance readers with the newest scientific achievements and interesting facts from the world all around. It printed news from the area of inter alia agriculture, medicine, hygiene, veterinary medicine, physics, meteorology, botany. As one of the few periodicals popularizing the scientific knowledge, it published original content, rarely using reprints of foreign magazines. Directed at the Academy students, it was in fact aimed at a wide range of Lithuanian nobility. The aim of the article is to demonstrate, that „Wiadomości Litewskie” played a role of science popularizer and can be counted among the group of magazines paving the way for future popular science magazines in Poland.

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