Note G — Front matter
Reading edition
Don Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, born at Guadix in the Province of Granada, March 10, 1833 son of a poor country gentleman. Received the Bachelor's degree at Guadix, and studied law for a time at Granada. Entered journalism and politics and was deputy and senator. Enlisted as a volunteer in a war in Morocco. Elected to the Spanish Academy in 1875. Died July 19, 1891. Works: El final de Norma (1855), Diario de un testigo de la guerra de África (1860), El sombrero de tres picos (1874), El escándalo (1875), El niño de la bola (1880), Novelas cortas (1881), La pródiga (1881), El capitán Veneno (1881), Historia de mis libros (1884), et al.