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AGUILAR. only the most popular story, Home Influence (1847, and about thirty subsequent editions), was published during her lifetime. The further titles include A Mother's Recompense (1850), The Vale of Cedars (1850), and The Days of Bruce (1852). AGUILAR DE LA FRONTERA, ii'gj-lar' da la froii-ta'ra. A town of Andalusia, Spain, in the province of Cordova, occupying the sum- mits and slopes of several low hills on the left bank of the Cabra, an affluent of the Genil, 26 miles south-southeast of Cordova (Map: Spain, C 4). The surrounding country is very fer- tile, and abounds in vineyards and orange groves. Many of the houses are of three stories, and the town is remarkable for the whiteness of its houses and the cleanliness of its streets. It has several handsome squares, a fine parish church, a monastic church containing examples of many famous Spanish masters, and a dismantled Moorish castle. The chief trade is in corn and wine. There are salt springs in its neighborhood. Pop., 1900, 13,311.

AGUILAS, ii'ge-las. A sea-port town of southern Spain (Map: Spain, E 4). It is situated in the province of Murcia, on the Aguilas-Lorca-Murcia Railway. It has a good harbor, and its port forms the chief outlet for the mineral products of the surrounding country. It contains several smelting works. Pop., 1900, 15,753.

AGUILERA,, (1820-81). A Spanish lyric poet, called “the Spanish Béranger.” He was born at Salamanca, and in 1843 went to Madrid to study poetry and political journalism. Here he occupied important official positions under the liberal ministries. The journals edited or controlled by him were characterized by bold ideas and keenness of criticism; and in these, as also in his Satyras and in the poems entitled Ecos Nacionales, he endeavors to arouse the masses to a sense of their national dignity. His most important works are the collections of poems entitled Elegias (1862); Armonías y cantares: La Arcadia moderna; and Leyenda de noche-buena (1872). Several collections of his prose writings, which consist mostly of short novels, have been published. An edition of his complete works appeared at Madrid in 1873, and selections from his poems were published under the respective titles, Inspiraciones (1865), and Poesías (1880).

AGUINALDO,, Author:Emilio Aguinaldo (1870—). The leader of Filipino insurrections against Spain and the United States. He was the youngest of three children, and was educated, first, in his native town, and afterward at the College of San Juan de Letrán in Manila. At this institution, which is conducted by Dominican friars, he remained for four years. In course of time he became gobernadorcillo, or mayor of Cavité Viejo, and was acting as such upon the outbreak of the insurrection in August, 1896. Owing to his prominent participation in this uprising, he went to Hong Kong, consenting to a permanent exile from the islands on condition of a large payment on the part of Spain. In 1898 he returned to Manila, for the avowed purpose, it was said, of aiding the United States in the war against Spain, and immediately after the battle of Manila organized an insurrection, which soon assumed proportions unparalleled in the history of the archipelago. In this movement he

great ability and extraordinary personal magnetism. Of the twenty-six province's of Luzon, nearly all were soon in open rebellion, and in the course of several months probably 15,000 Spaniards were captured and more than 2000 driven out of the islands. During the campaign Aguinaldo was engaged in considerable diplomatic fencing with the United States. In June, 1898, he organized a provisional government, consisting of officers of his staff, as well as several of his relatives and friends; and in August of the same year this body appointed him generalissimo of the Filipinos and president of the revolutionary government. In July he addressed an appeal to the Powers for the recognition of Filipino independence. In 1899 he assumed the offensive against the United States, beginning operations by an attack upon Manila, February 4-5, in which he was unsuccessful. During 1899 there were a number of severe engagements. Finally, the native troops were so hard pressed by the Americans that Aguinaldo, after repeatedly removing his capital, was compelled to flee to the mountains. Here the fighting was continued with varying success until March 23, 1901, when Aguinaldo was captured by Brigadier-General Frederick Funston at Palawan, province of Isabella, Luzon, and brought to Manila. On April 2, 1901, he formally took the oath of allegiance to the United States.

AGUIRRE,, (c. 1507-61). A Spanish explorer in Peru, known as the &ldquo;traitor&rdquo; and &ldquo;tyrant.&rdquo; He was born in Oñate in the province of Biscay, and came to America at an early age. He was in Peru during the period of the insurrections which followed the subjugation of the Incas, and took an active part in most of them. The turbulent spirits who survived these repeated uprisings were finally influenced to join an expedition to search for El Dorado under Pedro de Ursua. They crossed the Andes and started down the headwaters of the Amazon in the early summer of 1560. Aguirre brought about the death of Ursua, and gained great influence over Fernando de Guzman, Ursua's successor. He then forced his companions to renounce their allegiance to Spain and to recognize Guzman as King of Tierra Firme and Peru. He determined to abandon the search for El Dorado and return to Peru, conquer that country, and establish an independent kingdom there. Shortly afterward the newly made king opposed some of his plans, and Aguirre thereupon murdered him, together with his closest friends. Continuing down the Amazon, Aguirre made his way by one of that river's tributaries to the Orinoco, where he built large vessels, in which he sailed to the island of Margarita. He was forced, however, to abandon the plan of fighting his way across Panama and to Peru. Instead, he landed on the coast of Venezuela, marched inland, and was brought to bay and killed at Barquisimeto, early in November, 1561. His last act was to kill his own daughter with a poniard. In a letter addressed to King Philip II., he declared that he had killed twenty persons during the voyage down the Amazon, and the recorded list of those he ordered murdered is more than sixty, including women and priests.

. Simon, The Cruise of the Traitor Aguirre, translated by Markham and Bollaert, Chapter XI., Hakluyt Society Publication No. 28 (London, 1861). This account of