in the two preceding articles', that neither before nor after 1835 (the date of Don Alvaro) was there any general agreement in Spain as to what Romanticism meant, and that 'militant, constructive and self-conscious Romanticism' never dominated Spanish literature at all. I have traced, in these articles, the prevalent Spanish conceptions of Romanticism from an early stage in the pre-Romantic movement, through the period of the emigrations, the short-lived triumph of a few revolutionaryplays, the so-called 'classical reaction' and the years when literary eclecticism flourished, down to the year 1854, at which date all would agree that Juan Valera was justified in calling Romanticism, in the narrow sense of the word, 'una cosa pasada, y perteneciente a la historian.' The aim of this article is to supplement those which precede it by amplifying, and perhaps by defining rather more clearly, the tendencies of literary thought in Spain during the latter part of the period referred to. I propose next to embark upon a more difficult theme, for the study of which this series of articles will have prepared the way, namely, the true nature of Romanticism in Spain, judged not only by Romantic theory, but by Romantic practice. It seems unlikely, however, that the treatment of this theme will be able to be contained within the limits