especially remembered for the great impetus he gave to public education in Argentina. It can be said of him that he is one of Argentina's greatest writers, and South America's greatest educator. Among his most important works are: _Facundo o Civilización y Barbarie_, _Recuerdos de Provincia_, _Ambas Américas_, and _Viajes en Europa, África y América_. His death in 1888 was mourned all over South America, and was felt as a distinct loss among intellectual circles the world over. =Bunge= (=Carlos Octavio=) is a very modern Argentine writer. Among his works may be mentioned: _Nuestra América_, _Ensayo de Psicología Individual y Social_, _La Novela de la Sangre_, _La Poesía Popular Argentina_, and _Nuestra Patria_, an anthology for use in the Argentine schools, containing, besides extracts from other Argentine authors, many episodes written by Bunge himself. Of him, Blasco Ibáñez, in his _La Argentina y sus grandezas_, says: "_Carlos Octavio Bunge es el más fecundo de los escritores jóvenes. Tiene un talento proteico que se ejercita con facilidad en todos los géneros.... Ha escrito un cuento, =La Sirena=, de una originalidad sólo comparable a la de Poë, y que basta para la reputación de un autor_." Bunge died May 22, 1918. =Gorriti= (=Manuela=), an Argentine writer of note, was born in Salta in 1819. She was married to General Manuel Isidro Belzú, one time president of Bolivia. Her life was full of misfortunes, but she never ceased to write. She displays in her writings unusual power of imagination. In 1865 her complete works appeared in Buenos Aires in two volumes, entitled _Sueños y Realidades_. In the later years of her life until 1874, the date of her death, she devoted herself to education, being directress of a college in Lima. =Sastre= (=Marcos=), an Argentine educator and didactic author, was born in Montevideo in 1809. Among his more important works are _Anagnosia_, _Guía del Preceptor_, and specially, _El Temple Argentino_, a vivid and graphic description of the enchanting islands of the Paraná, their scenery, flora, and fauna.