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in his labors with the distinguished Cuban 

 scholars, Jose Silverio Jorrin, Vidal Morales, 

 and Manuel Villanueva. 



In 1900 he succeeded Carlos M. Trelles 

 as Librarian of the Public Library of Ma- 

 tanzas and has continued in that post until 

 to-day. During this period, the second 

 epoch of his life, Escoto has brought to 

 fruition the results of his research in the 

 earlier years and has published numerous 

 articles and pamphlets in the field of Cuban 

 history. In 191 1 he produced an extensive 

 biography of the famous Cuban poetess, de 

 Avellaneda entitled Gertrudis Gomez de 

 Avellaneda: cartas ineditas y documenlos, 

 18 5Q a 1864. 



In 19 16 Escoto began to issue his maga- 

 zine Revista historic a, critica y bibliogrdjica 

 de la literatura cubana, which, though only 

 four numbers appeared, constituted a 

 positive contribution to Cuban history 

 and letters. 



In 191 7 Escoto was awarded the prize 

 offered by the Franciscan Order in Cuba 

 in a literary contest with his essay entitled 

 Contribucion al estudio de la Primer a Or den 



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