[27] caído en desuso, fallen into disuse.
[28] 20 de julio. Colombia’s national Independence Day.
[29] Academias americanas. In most of the Spanish American republics, Academies have been established, corresponding to the Royal Academy of Spain, to which are referred all questions referring to Letters and Language.
[30] Aquiles J. Echeverría. A contemporary Costa Rican poet and novelist.
[31] de Martín Fierro ... Santos Vega. The two most popular heroes in the gaucho romances by Argentine writers.
[32] ¡ah, tener eso.... Dios mío! would to God we had that! Ah, if we only had that!
[33] Gregorio Gutiérrez González. A Colombian poet and statesman.
[34] andan en boca, pass from mouth to mouth; by word of mouth.
[35] vagado en alas de, wandering on the wings of. VARIANT: Flotando en alas de.
[36] José Hernández. An Argentine poet, author of «Martín Fierro.»