=Luis Taboada=, b. 1848 at Vigo in Galicia, d. 1906. Taboada is a
playwright and novelist, but he has probably excelled in the humorous
articles that he has written for the daily press.
There is a good American edition of some of these humorous sketches,
_Cuentos alegres_ edited by Prof. Murray Anthony Potter of Harvard
University (Boston, 1907). The editor of _Spanish Tales for Beginners_
has pleasure in acknowledging his indebtedness to Professor Potter.
=40.=--[40.7] =Quiero que sea=, 'I wish it to be.'
=41.=--[41.6] =después de... rebajen=, 'after getting them to throw off.'
[41.19] =Hace pocos días tuvo que=, 'a few days ago he had to.'
[41.30] =Oiga usted=, 'listen.'
=42.=--[42.2] =póngase usted en razón=, 'be reasonable.'
[42.4] =He dicho que no=: do not translate =que=.
[42.7] =el de los pájaros=, 'the bird-dealer' (lit., 'he of the birds').
[42.12] =Conque ya lo sabe usted=, 'well, you understand' (lit., 'so you
already know it').
[42.15] =en=, 'for.'