The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes, by Anonymous 53489 [Subtitle: His Fortunes & Adversities; with a Notice of the Mendoza Family, a Short Life of the Author, Don Diego Hurtado De Mendoza, a Notice of the Work, and Some Remarks on the Character of Lazarillo de Tormes] [Tr.: Clements Markham] [The identity of the author is uncertain. The book was banned by the Inquisition, and the author no doubt preferred anonymity to the wrath of the Inquisition. Some scholars have attributed the work to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, and his name is listed in the Library of Congress catalogue.] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/3/4/8/53489 ] [Files: 53489-h.htm; 53489-0.txt; ] [Clearance: 20150515135441anonymous] E-text prepared by Josep Cols Canals, Ramon Pajares Box, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Thanks, Joe