Excerpt from Memorias de D. Antonio Alcalá Galiano, Vol. 1: Publicadas por Su HijoCuando en 1878 publiqué, coleccionados en forma de libro, los artículos que con el título de Recuerdos de un anciano escribió el autor de la presente obra, en la revis ta llamada La América, dije al lector, entre otras cosas, lo siguiente.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.