Note E — Front matter
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Don José María de Pereda, born February 6, 1833, at Polanco, near Santander. Studied in Santander and (engineering) in Madrid. Returned to live in Polanco. Carlist deputy to the Cortes in 1871, but found political life distasteful. Elected to the Spanish Academy in 1897. Died March 1, 1906. Works: Escenas montañesas (1864), Bocetos al temple (1877), Tipos trashumantes (1877), El buey suelto (1877), Don Gonzalo González de la Gonzalera (1878), Pedro Sánchez (1883), Sotileza (1884), La Montálvez (1888), La puchera (1889), Nubes de estío (1891), Al primer vuelo (1891), Peñas arriba (1895), Pachín González (1896), et al.