92 ROSCOE'S SPANISH NOVELISTS. 



large body of notes might have made the translation more valuable 

 to a scholar, and we have no doubt Mr. Roscoe could have displayed 

 as great a facility in filling his pages with annotations as most men ; 

 but he has contented himself with producing what we dare say the 

 great mass of readers will have the greatest pleasure in perusing a 

 work sufficiently English to amuse the novel reader, and yet suffi- 

 ciently true to the original in the chief essentials of a translation, to 

 convey a very strong impression of the principal features of the Spa- 

 nish tale. 



Our readers, perhaps, will not be indisposed to join with us in a 

 few minutes' relaxation over the pleasant pages of Lozano, of whom 

 we are briefly told in the introductory notice, that he was a doctor, a 

 commissary of the Santa Cruzada, and a composer of religious works 

 as w T ell as novels. The tale we fix upon is entitled the " Jealousy of 

 the Dead," and the following extracts will be fully understood, by our 

 stating the commencement of the story. 



In the city of Toledo lived an accomplished cavalier named Don 

 Lucindo, whose talents and noble demeanour obtained him, with the 

 additional aid of stratagem and a waiting woman, the regard of a 

 young lady called Donna Ana, The beauty, however, of his mis- 

 tress, one day attracted the notice of a gentleman named Don Juan, 

 and such was the ardour with which this new lover felt inspired, that 

 having failed in gaining the attention of the lady by letters and son- 

 nets, he determined on following the advice of his valet, and risking 

 his life in a duel, to remove the obstacle which Don Lucindo pre- ' 

 sented to his wishes. He accordingly encountered the cavalier under 

 the balcony of Donna Ana, and hastening with him to a sequestered 

 spot in the 'neighbourhood, succeeded in running him through the 

 body. The funeral of the unfortunate Lucindo was performed with 

 great solemnity, and the lady remained for some time inconsolable. 

 Don Juan, however, pursued his suit with patience and resolution, 

 and was at length allowed to approach by stealth the residence of the 

 object of his passion. Permission was soon after given him to enter, 

 but at this point 



" His visits were stopped in a very unpleasant and unexpected manner. 

 On his arrival at the house of Donna Ana, and preparing to enter, he saw a 

 stranger placed directly in the door way. He instantly retired, thinking it 

 might be some relation of Donna Ana, who had obtained intelligence of 

 their nocturnal meetings, and had prepared an ambush for him. The next 

 day the circumstance was repeated to Donna Ana, who with Teela laughed 

 and declared it must have been imagination, for if any relations had disco- 

 vered them, her aunt would have been more watchful, and they would cer- 

 tainly have heard concerning it. The next night Don Juan was resolved to 

 clear up the mystery, and seeing the same figure, as on the preceding night, 

 posted at the door, as though to dispute his entrance, desired Martin to go 

 forward and demand his reason, not choosing to make himself known unless 

 there was reason. Martin, who prided himself on his gallantry, instantly 

 walked up boldly to the intruder, and demanded his business, when the 

 stranger slowly casting aside the cloak which concealed him, discovered to 

 the astonished gaze of Martin the countenance of the cavalier whom his 

 master slew at the castls of San Cervantes. His valour was instantly 

 quelled, and he darted away, crying out on his master, and making the sign 



