QUEVEDO—SPANISH BULL-FIGHTS

The clear and satisfactory reply that "MELANION" received in No. 11. to his query on the contradictions in *Don Quixote*, tempts me to ask for some information respecting another standard work of Spanish literature, written by a cotemporary of the great Cervantes. How is it, that in the *Visions of Don Quevedo*, a work which passes in review every amusement and occupation of the Spanish people, *the national sport of bull-fighting* remains *entirely unnoticed*? The amusement was, I presume, in vogue during the 16th and 17th centuries; and the assignations made, and the intrugues carried on, wi…