His most successful paper was "E1 Murciélago," which he founded in 1855, and called by a name under which he had been writing. This paper, by its trenchant wit and its fearlessness, soon became known throughout Peru.

As Fuentes never temporized, the journal was often suppressed and its editor exiled. Of his numerous works on law, statistics, and literature, the most noteworthy are "Estadistica de Lima"; "Elementos de Higiene Privada" ; "Higiene de la Infancia"; "Medicina Legal" ; "Tratado de Higiene Publica y Aplicada." ; "Manual de Autópsias y Exhumaciones Formulario de Jueces de Paz"; "Derecho Constitucional Universal"; "Reglas parlamentarias"; "Guía del Viajero en

Lima"; and "Aletazos del Murciélago."

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FUENTES, Manuel Atanasio, Peruvian au thor, born in Lima in 1820. He studied law at the University of San Marcos in his native City, and was graduated in 1841, but he soon left the prac tice of law to become a journalist. He contributed to the "Heraaldo" of Lima, and afterward succes sively established " E1 Monitor de la Moda.," " La Crdnica," and "Semanario de los Ninos." His most successful paper was "E1 Murci5lago," which he founded in 1855, and called by a name under which he had been writing. This paper, by its trenchant wit and its fearlessness, soon became known throughout Peru.

As Fuentes never temporized, the journal was often suppressed and its editor exiled. Of his numerous works on law, sta tistics, and literature, the most noteworthy are "Es taadistica de Lima "; "Elementos de Higiene Priva da" ; "Higiene de la. Infancia "; "Medicinaa Legal" ;"Tratado de ttigiene Publica y Aplicada." ; "Man ual de Autdpsias y Exhumaciones Formulario de Jueces de Paz "; "Derecho Constitucional Universal"; "Regla.s parlamentaarias" ; "Guia del Viajero en Lima."; and "Aletazos del Murcielago."