Acknowledgements

The editor and the curators of the Homens Livres website thank Professor João Medina's prompt consent for the reproduction of A Seara e o Pelicano.

We are also grateful to the Director of the Francisco de Lacerda Museum, Dr. Rita Nascimento, and the technician Aldora Brasil for their very effective and cordial collaboration in the gathering and reproduction of documentation. Equal gratitude is due to the availability shown, for the same purpose, by Dr. Diana Nunes, from the Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Luís da Silva Ribeiro.

We would also like to thank the Mário Soares and Maria Barroso Foundation for providing the images of António Sérgio's interview to Diário de Lisboa and the photograph of Augusto da Costa, published in the same evening paper.