Recuerdos Tristes y Alegres de un Emigrado en Inglaterra [“Memories Sad and Happy of an Emigrant in England.”]

A biography in poetic form, with each poem introduced by narrative prose. Although the Author’s name is not recorded here, since the manuscript is dedicated "A mi Querido Hermano Juan Lopez Pinto" ("to my beloved brother Juan Lopez Pinto") (see p. iii), we may tentatively assume that the Author's surname was also Pinto. The Author would appear to have served in Spain's military. Of especial interest is the entry on p. 82 where the Author shares how he fell madly in love with a Jewish girl serving in some sort of medical capacity. In the poetic rendition on the following page (83), we read: "Fué escritor de profession / Artillero y buen soldado / Medico, en fin emigrado / Y murio por la mania / De querer á una Judia / Sin estar circuncidado." ["Was a writer by profession / Artilleryman and good soldier / Medic, finally an emigrant / and died for the mania / Of loving a Jewess / Without being circumcised."] - Earlier in the poem, there may be an allusion to this having taken place in Gibraltar.) There is every indication that this is an unpublished manuscript