Karl Jonas Ludvig Almquist, a Swedish author, born in 1793, died in Bremen, Oct. 26, 18G6. He studied theology, and was for some time a teacher. Besides miscellaneous works, he published novels and poetry, including Torn-roaens Boh ("Book of the Rose"). Implicated in a case of poisoning in 1851, he fled to the United States, but went to Bremen in 1865. His works are very popular in Germany, where most of them have been translated.