MEDINA, Jose Toribio, Chilean bibliog rapher: b. Santiago de Chile, 1852. He received his education at the National Institute and the University of Santiago, being graduated in law at the latter institution in 1873. At the age of 22 he was appointed secretary of legation at Lima. In that city he made investigations in the archives and in 1878 after his return to Chile he published a history of Chilean litera ture. Already in 1874 be had published a metri cal translation of Longfellow's
In the war with Peru, Medina served in the army and at the close of the war was made judge in the provinces ceded by Peru. He was made secretary of legation at Madrid in 1884 and here also he delved into the Spanish ar chives dealing with the Spanish in America and especially the history of Chile. He returned to his native country after several years' residence in Europe. He went abroad again in 1902 and also visited the United States to make further historical studies. Medina's great work is the
prenta en Bogota, 1739-1821' (1904); (La im prenta en Guadalajara de Mexico, 1793-18W (1904) ;
imprenta en Guatemala, 1660 1821' (1910);