EDUARDA MANSILLA DE GARCIA
\ˈɛdjuːˌɑːdə mansˈɪlə də ɡˈɑːʃə], \ˈɛdjuːˌɑːdə mansˈɪlə də ɡˈɑːʃə], \ˈɛ_d_j_uː_ˌɑː_d_ə m_a_n_s_ˈɪ_l_ə d_ə ɡ_ˈɑː_ʃ_ə]\
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An Argentine novelist; born (Mansilla) at Buenos Ayres, 1838. She married Manuel Garcia, a diplomatist, in 1855. She has written: "The Physician of St. Louis"; "Lucia Miranda"; "Paul; or, Life on the Pampas" (translated into French); etc., all descriptive of Argentine customs or historical episodes.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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