[107.—13-14.] y... honor = y dispensad que (yo) dudara de vuestro honor acusado.
[108.—10.] See note, p. 92, l. 15.
[112.—16.] cada un año = cada año.
Antonio de Trueba (1821-1889) was born at Montellano (Viscaya). At the age of fifteen or sixteen years he removed to Madrid and engaged in commerce. In 1862 he was appointed Archivist and Chronicler of the Señorío de Vizcaya, which post he held for ten years. Trueba, best known as a writer of short stories, published two volumes of mediocre verses which achieved considerable popularity during the author's lifetime, but are now nearly forgotten.
Cf. Notas autobiográficas in La Ilustración Española y Americana, Enero 30, 1889; Blanco García, II, 26-28 and 301-308; Juan Valera, Florilegio, V, 307-311. For his verses, see El libro de los cantares (1851) and El libro de las montañas (1867).
[113.—14.] Cantos: note the double meaning of canto.
[114.]—José Selgas y Carrasco (1821-1882) was born in Murcia. A writer on the staff of the satirical and humorous journal, El Padre Cobos, Selgas won the attention of the public by his ironical and reactionary articles and was elevated to an important political office by Martínez Campos. He is the author of two volumes of verses, La Primavera (1850) and El estío.
See [Introduction], p. xxxix; and Blanco García, II, 19-23 and 244-250. For Selgas' verses, see his Poesías, Madrid, 1882-1883.
[117.]—Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833-1891) was born in Guadix. He studied law, served as a volunteer in an African war and became a writer on the staff of several revolutionary journals. His writings, which at first were sentimental or radical, became more subdued in tone and more conservative with his advancing years. In 1877 he was elected to membership in the Spanish Academy. Primarily a journalist and novelist, Alarcón published a volume of humorous and descriptive verses, some of which have merit.
Cf. Blanco García, II, 62-63 and 452-467; and articles in the Nuevo Teatro Crítico (Sept., Oct. and Nov., 1891). For his verses, see Poesías serias y humorísticas, 3d ed., Madrid, 1885.