Note L — Front matter

Don Armando Palacio Valdés, born Oct. 4, 1853, at Entralgo, in the province of Asturias. His father was a lawyer, and his mother a member of an old family of landed gentry. Studied in Oviedo, and later read law in Madrid. Engaged in journalism as editor of the Revista Europea, and in the writing of prose fiction and critical works. Works: El Señorito Octavio (1881), Marta y María (1883), José (1883), La hermana San Sulpicio, 2 vols. (1889), La espuma, 2 vols. (1891), La fe (1892), Aguas fuertes, La aldea perdida, La alegría del capitán Ribot, et al.