Bibliography Ruben Dario published the following books:— Primeras notas: Epistolas y poemas, 1885 (later re- printed with the title of Epistolas y poemas only) ; Abrojos, 1887; Azul . . ., 1888; Rimas, 1889; Prosas prof anas, 1896; reprinted with additions, 1900; Cantos de vida y esperanza, Los cisnes y otros poemas, 1905 ; Oda a Mitre, 1906; El canto errante, 1907; Poema del otono y otros poemas, 1910; Canto a la Argentina y otros poemas, 1910. In prose he published, besides Azul . . ., which con- tains short stories together with the poems, A. de Gil- bert, a pamphlet written at the death of his friend the Chilean poet Pedro Balmaceda, 1889; Los Raros, a collection of literary portraits including Verlaine, Tol- stoi, Ibsen, Edgar Poe, and others, 1893; reprinted with additions, 1905; Castelar, an article on the Spanish orator, reprinted soon after in the next book (1900) ; La Espana contempordnea, a series of articles on Spain, with special reference to the new literary movement, 1901 ; Peregrinaciones, 1901 ; La caravana pasa, 1903; Tierras solares, 1904: three books of travel; Opiniones, a collection of literary criticisms, 1906; Parisiana, a collection of articles, mainly about 453
