BRAZILIAN LITERATURE _BOOKS BY ISAAC GOLDBERG_ STUDIES IN SPANISH-AMERICAN LITERATURE THE DRAMA OF TRANSITION BRAZILIAN LITERATURE BRAZILIAN LITERATURE ISAAC GOLDBERG, PH.D. WITH A FOREWORD BY J. D. M. FORD _Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages, Harvard University_ NEW YORK ALFRED · A · KNOPF MCMXXII COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. _Published, September, 1922_ _Set up and printed by the Veil-Bellou Co., Binghamton, N. Y._ _Paper supplied by W. F. Etherington & Co., New York, N. Y._ _Bound by the H. Wolf Estate, New York, N. Y._ MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BURTON KLINE of the _Philadelphia Public Ledger_ _Dear Burton:_ _You were, some eight years ago, my guide into the thorny mazes of Journalism, and printed, in the_ Boston Evening Transcript, _my first articles upon Spanish and Portuguese American letters. This is but a small return for the friendship since then established._ _I. G._ FOREWORD Brazil is preparing to commemorate worthily the centenary of her independence. The world outside is bidden to the feast, and to beautiful Rio de Janeiro many nations are sending their envoys with felicitations and gifts. Our own country, the United States of North America, is mindful of her duty and her privilege on this occasion, and accredited delegates are bearing her congratulations to her ever-faithful associate in the promoting of peace and fraternity throughout the Western Hemisphere. Perhaps it will not be taken amiss, if the scholar and critic add his testimonial to the expressions of good-will coming from all sides. What more fitting than that a scholar and critic of our United States should join the chorus and voice an honest appreciation of Brazilian letters?