JUAN M. VILLERGAS (Middle of Nineteenth Century).

The Friend that Sticketh Closer than a Brother

PEDRO DE ALARCON (1833-1891).

Courting by Invective.-"The Three-Cornered Hat" 255
Captain Veneno's Proposal of Marriage.-"Captain

Veneno".

257

The Account-Book.-"Moors and Christians"

262

Acknowledgments

We beg to tender courteous acknowledgment to the following publishers for the use of extracts appearing in this volume:

CASSELL & COMPANY: The Account-Book, by PEDRO DE ALARCON, in "Moors and Christians."

BRENTANO'S: Founding a Provincial Newspaper, from PALACIO VALDÉS' "The Fourth Estate."

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