Cadalso Y V�zquez, Jos� De

Cadalso also spelled �Cadahlso � Spanish writer famous for his Cartas marruecas (1793; �Moroccan Letters�), in which a Moorish traveler in Spain makes penetrating criticisms of Spanish life. Educated in Madrid, Cadalso traveled widely and, although he hated war, enlisted in the army against the Portuguese during the Seven Years' War. His prose satire Los eruditos a la