Note 5 — PART TWO I.—LA NATURALEZA EN LA AMÉRICA LATINA (continued 2)
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For the benefit of those who desire to know more about the Spanish American writers who have excelled in the description of national life and customs, the above, which includes only contemporary writers, may be extended by including the following, many of whom wrote a generation ago:
In Argentina, Pastor Obligado (traditions), José Miró (Julian Martel), Manuel T. Podestá, Emma B. de la Barra (fiction); in Chile, Miguel Luis Amunátegui, Enrique del Solar (traditions), Alberto Blest Gana, Luis Orrego Luco, Zorobabel Rodríguez (fiction); in Perú, Ricardo Palma (traditions); in Mexico, José María Roa Bárcena, Justo Sierra (traditions), Victoriano Salado Álvarez, Ireneo Paz, José Portillo y Rojas, Rafael Delgado; in Ecuador, Eduardo and Juan de León Mera; in Guatemala, José de Batres y Montufar (traditions) and José Milla (fiction); in Costa Rica, Fernández Guardia and Aquiles Echeverría; in Venezuela, Rufino Blanco Fombona.