Note 173 — Chapter XXXVI

Of Alonso del Castillo Solorzano I have spoken, ante, p. 72, as the author of picaresque tales. A list of most of his works may be found in Antonio, (Bib. Nov., Tom. I. p. 15,) among which is a sort of suite with the following titles: “Jornadas Alegres,” 1626;—“Tardes Entretenidas,” 1625;—and “Noches de Placer,” 1631. None of these had much success; nor, indeed, did he succeed much in any of his tales, except “La Garduña de Sevilla,” already noticed. But his “Quinta de Laura” was printed three times, and his “Alivios de Cassandra,” which first appeared in 1640,—and is something like the “Para Todos” of Montalvan, being a collection of dramas, poetry, etc., besides six stories,—was translated into French, and printed at Paris, both in 1683 and 1685.