Vicente García de la, an eminent Spanish poet of the last century, was born at Zafra, in Estremadura, in 1729. His name marks an era in Spanish literature. The eighteenth century had introduced into Spain, along with a French dynasty, a French fashion in literary matters which had completely supplanted the old national tastes, and been naturalized in the country by the genius of Luzan. Huerta was the first to rise in open rebellion against the canons of the Gallic school, and the reaction which he created and impelled was finally successful. His best work was his tragedy of La Roquet. The fame of this piece speedily spread far and wide, and it was soon translated into the tongues and acted in the theatres of nearly all the nations of Europe. His other tragedy of Agamemnon Vengado fell far short of the merit of La Roquet. Huerta's other works were his Obras Poéticas, in 2 vols. To vindicate Spanish literature more completely from the attacks of Voltaire and the French critics, Huerta made a collection of the best specimens of the national drama, in 16 vols. 8vo, which he edited with great care. His only prose work was his Vocabulario Militar Español, a kind of biographical dictionary of the most illustrious warriors of Spain. Huerta died at Madrid in 1797.