Although this general survey of the intellectual activity in Spanish South America in the last decades of the colonial period brings to light no epoch-making achievements, there is revealed, however, an increasing interest in the real world, in the sciences that deal with natural phenomena, in literature that is worldly in its tone and subjects, and in the spread of enlightenment through the press that might lead to the formation of a reasonable public opinion. In many quarters there were signs that the new generation was arousing itself to overcome the dulness of the middle years of the eighteenth century. The creoles and the mestizos had been drawn together, and through their union a new society had come into existence. The young creoles in New Granada gathered about Mutis as his disciples and co-workers in the field of scientific investigation, and, with Nariño as their leader, announced their adherence to the doctrine of political liberty. Everywhere they displayed a spirit of revolt against the institutions through which Spanish absolutism had found expression, and they resented with increasing vigour and determination their exclusion from participation in the direction of public affairs that vitally concerned their welfare. THE END APPENDIX A Catalogue, under Authors’ Names, of the Books mentioned in the Text _Wherever possible the dates and places of publication of first editions have been given; modern working editions are also included, where they exist. If a given edition is to be found in the British Museum, the letter L is printed, in square brackets, immediately after the date. The English alphabet has been followed. The spelling of the Spanish names and titles has been modernized throughout. The chapter reference at the end of an entry indicates where in the text an account of the author will be found._ Acosta (Joaquín). _Compendio histórico del descubrimiento y colonización de la Nueva Granada._ Paris, 1848. [L] —— _Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias, compuestas por Juan de Castellanos._ Short Article printed in _Antología española_, Vol. III, _q.v._ Cap. VII. Acosta (José de). _De natura novi orbis et de promulgatione evangelii apud barbaros, sive de procuranda Indorum salute._ Salamanca, 1589. [L] The _De promulgatione_ was published separately. Salamanca, 1594. [L] —— _De vera Scripturae interpretandae ratione, ac de Christo in Scripturis revelatis._ Rome, 1590. [L] —— _Historia natural y moral de las Indias._ Seville, 1590. [L] —— _Histoire naturelle et morale des Indes, etc._ Trans. by R. Regnauld. Paris, 1597. [L] —— _Historie naturael ende morael van de Westersche Indien, etc._ Trans. by J. Huyghem van Linschoten. Haarlem, 1598. [L] —— _The naturall and morall historie of the East and West Indies._ Trans. by E. Grimestone, London, 1604. [L] London, 1880. [L] —— —— German Trans. from the Dutch in T. de Bry’s _Amerika, teil IX_, Frankfurt a. M., 1601. [L]