Excerpt from Ensayos de Critica Historica y Literaria Creo haber explicado suficientemente los motivos que me han inclinado a publicar los trabajos historicos y literarios que constituyen el libro que me atrevo a someter ahora a la benevolencia de los aficionados a este genero de disciplinas, a quienes, a ejemplo de jose Maria de Heredia en la dedicatoria de sus ca lebres Trofeos, deseo que cuando los lean experimenten un placer tan noble como el que yo he experimentado al escribirlos. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."