This book is dedicated to the reissue of the short story Jupira (published in 1872) by Bernardo Guimar?es (1825-1884, from the city of Ouro Preto - Minas Gerais/Brazil), whose 150th anniversary is commemorated.It integrated, in the year 2022, the commemorations of the Bicentenary of Independence and reminds us that 1872 was the scene of many commemorations on the 50 years of Independence and the publication of the results of the first national census...