a and many other Spanish-American
poets of to-day, Diaz resides in Europe; but, unlike the
others, he lives in Morges instead of Paris (_Sonetos_,
Buenos Aires, 1888; _Bajo-relieves_, Buenos Aires, 1895;
_et al._). A complete "_modernista_" (he would probably
scorn the title of "decadent") is Leopoldo Lugones
(1875?-), whose earlier verses are steeped in an erotic
sensualism rare in the works of Spanish-American poets.
He seeks to be original and writes verses on every
conceivable theme and in all kinds of metrical
arrangements. Thus, in _Lunario sentimental_ there are
verses, essays and dramatic sketches, all addressed to
the moon. For an example of his _versos libres_, see
_Introduction_ to this volume, p. xlvi (_Las montanas de
oro, Los crepusculos del jardin_; _Lunario sentimental_,
Buenos Aires, 1909; _Odas seculares_, Buenos Aires, 1910).

For studies of Argentine literature, see Blanco Garcia,
_Hist. Lit. Esp._, III, pp. 380 f.; Menendez y Pelayo,
_Ant. Poetas Hisp.-Am._, IV, pp. lxxxix f.; Juan Valera,
_Poesia argentina_, in _Cartas americanas, primera serie_,
Madrid, 1889, pp. 51-119; _Literatura argentina_, page 283
Buenos Aires, 1903; _Poetas argentinos_, Buenos Aires,
1904; _Antologia argentina_, B.T. Martinez, Buenos Aires,
1890-91; _Compendio de literatura argentina_, E. Alonso
Criado, Buenos Aires, 1908; _Miscelanea_, by Santiago
Estrada; _La lira argentina_, Buenos Aires, 1824. Other
important works, treating of Spanish-American literature,
are: _Biblioteca hispano-americana_ (1493-1810), Jose
Toribio Medina, 6 vols., Santiago de Chile, 1898-1902;
_Bibliography of Spanish-American Literature_, Alfred
Coester, _Romanic Review_, III, 1; _Escritores
hispano-americanos_, Manuel Canete, Madrid, 1884;
_Escritores y poetas sud-americanos_, Francisco Sosa,
Mex., 1890; _Juicio critico de poetas hispano-americanos_,
M.L. Amunategui, Santiago de Chile, 1861; _La joven
literatura hispano-americana_, Manuel Ugarte, Paris, 1906.

Echeverria: see preceding note.

=Cancion de Elvira.= This Gutierrez calls the "song of the
American Ophelia."

=152.=--Andrade: see note to p. 151.

18. =A celebrar las bodas=, _to be the bride_.

=153.=--3. The Argentines, especially, seem to take
delight in calling themselves a Latin, rather than a
Spanish, race. This may be due to the fact that fully one
third of the population of Argentine is Italian. Both Juan
Valera and Menendez y Pelayo have chided the Argen