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A Portuguese poet and miscellaneous writer; born at Lisbon, 1842. Among his works are: "A Poem of Youth", "The Angel of the Hearth"; some novels, as "The Court of John V"., "The Red Mask", "Death's Guerrillas" (1872), "The Viscountess's Secret"; dramas, "Senhorita de Valflor" (1867), "Helen", "The Jewish Woman", "During the Battle" (1870); some volumes of political comment and satire, as "Ministers of State, Priests, and Kings", "Critical Essays", "Portuguese Scenes and Fancies", "Celebrated Portuguese", "Madrid: Impressions of Travel".