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Lisbon, [printed by the tipografia of Seara Nova], 1931–1932.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 7 issues in 6, bound in 2 volumes. Large 8°, recent burgundy pebbled boards, smooth spines gilt, all original wrappers bound in. Overall in very good condition. 610 pp, (1 blank l.); 343 pp., 3 plates [2 plates in number 5 and 1 plate in numbers 6/7]. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION—A COMPLETE RUN. Directed by João de Castro Osório and published by José Osório de Oliveira. Included are texts in Portuguese, Galego, and French. In the initial number was published "Oito Elegias Chinesas" by Camilo Pesanha, omitting the original Chinese, which had appeared when the text was published in Progresso in Macau, 1914.Fernando Pessoa signed excerpts in the third number (I, 403–16) from his Livro do desassossego "composto por Bernardo Soares, ajudante de guarda–livros". Included in an anthology of modernist poets (I, 513-24), are poems by Fernando Pessoa, Álvaro de Campos, Luís de Montalvor (2), and Carlos Queiroz (3). There are poems by the Cabo–Verdian Jorge Barbosa (II, [56]–59), José Gomes Ferreira, Adolfo Casais Monteiro, António Patrício, Armando Côrtes–Rodrigues, Augusto Casimiro, as well as a group of poems in the dialect of Ilha Brava. There is also a letter from Fernando Pessoa to João de Castro Osório about the poems of Paulino de Oliveira, father of the two authors responsible for the review (II, [333]–336).Special attention was paid to Brazilian culture, with Brazilian authors represented in practically all the issues. Poems by Ribeiro Couto appear in the first issue (I. 89–106). There is a section on "Novelistas e poetas jovens do Brasil (I, 291–306); a poem by Olegário Mariano (I, 343–6); "Medalhas em pau Brasil" by Ribeiro Couto (I, 361–76); and two poems by Manuel Bandeira (I, 465–70). There is an essay on Cláudio Manuel da Costa by Caio de Mello Franco (I, 539–48); followed by "O parnazo obsequioso", a previously unpublished brief dramatic piece by Costa (I, 539–48). Then comes "Revolucionarismo Americano" by Helio Vianna (I, 565–76). At the beginning of the second volume is the essay "O problema da aclimação aryana no Brasil" by Oliveira Vianna (II, [9]–28); toward the end are poems by Guilherme de Almeida and Ribeiro Couto (3). Finally, Osório de Oliveira writes "Dois capítulos sobre o Brasil" on diversity and unity in Brazil, as well as on aspects of modern Brazilian poetry (II, [315]–329).One of the stated goals of this review was to strengthen the bonds between Portugal and Galiza; in the third number was published an anthology of Galego poets, being represented Augusto Maria Casas (4 poems, including one dedicated to António Ferro), Luís Vázquez Pimentel (3 poems), Xesús Bal e Gay (3 poems), F. Bouza–Brey (3 poems) and Aquilino Inglesia Alvarino (3 poems); additional poems by Galego authors Álvaro Cunqueiro Mora and R. Carballo Calero appeared in the fifth number.The second volume has a long section devoted to Goethe, including "A metafísica do "Fausto" e a crise moral do nosso tempo" by Philéas Lebesgue (II, [191]–200), translated by Osório de Oliveira; "Goethe e o drama espiritual da sua época" by Hernani Cidade (II, [201]–212); "Disciplina goethiana" by João de Castro Osório (II, [213]–239); and "Prometheu, fragmento dramático de Goethe", translated from the German by Maria Magalhães de Castro Osório (II, [241]–268). Other contributions include "Aerogramas imaginários" by Ramón Gómez de la Serna, translated by Osório de Oliveira (I, 53-72); "O mar, tragédia de almas" by Manuel de Figueiredo (I, 125–38); "Da Europa Central, Antisemitismo" by Vicente Risco (I, 257–68); "Um conselho de Sócrates . . ." by Celestino Soares (I, 333–42); "Soares dos Reis" by the sculptor Diogo de Macedo (I, 347–60); commentary by João de Castro Osório on Keyserling's essay about Portugal (I, 417–64); "A espera da Morte, novela" by Ana de Castro Osório (I, 487–512); "A maquina e a sua filosofia" by Ronald de Carvalho (I, 525–32); "Santa Iria: romance do amor arrependido" by Manuel de Figueiredo (II, [29]–36); "O filho: drama num acto" by Osório de Oliveira (II, [37]–48); an annonymous translation of Salvador de Madariaga's chapter on Portugal in his book about Spain (II, [61]–153); and "Guilherme Meister, Cândido e Gonçalo Mendes Ramires" by António Sérgio (II, [177]–190).The plates depict a statue of the Infante de Sagres by Canto de Maya (facing p. 48 in number 5); the painting "Noite de São João" by Dordio Gomes (facing the blank p. [254] in number 5); and the painting "Rapariga do Povo" by Sarah Affonso (facing p. 256 in numbers 6/7).*** Blanco PR112; PR 114; PO120. Fotobibliografia de Fernando Pessoa, 150–154 (pp. 191–5); 157 (p. 198); and p. 285. Pires, Dicionário da imprensa periódica literária portuguesa do século XX (1900–1940), pp. 126–128. Serpa 330. Almeida Marques 774. See also Clara Rocha, Revistas literaárias do século XX em Portugal, pp. 383, 445–7, 649.