Category: Travel Writing
THE FASCINATION OF SPAIN Spain the Home of Romance—The Conservatism of the 13–57 People—Spain the most Democratic of Countries—The Tradition of Chivalry—The Cid—Spain the Connecting Link between Europe and Africa—The Place of the Moor in the Country To-day—The Gardens of Grana...
THE FASCINATION OF SPAIN Spain the Home of Romance—The Conservatism of the 13–57 People—Spain the most Democratic of Countries—The Tradition of Chivalry—The Cid—Spain the Connec...
2. CHAPTER IITHE SPANISH PEOPLE The Character of the People—Their Quietness and 58–92 Sobriety—Their Cruelty—This the Result of their Stoicism and Indifference to Pain—These the Qualities of...
3. CHAPTER IIITOWN LIFE IN SPAIN Toledo, the Type of the Spanish City—Its Architectural 93–129 Monuments—The Intermingling of Arab and Christian Art—Granada—The Alhambra—Cordova—The Great Mos...
4. CHAPTER IVTOWN LIFE IN SPAIN (_continued_) Madrid: its Situation—The Old Town—The Rastro—The New 130–152 Town—The Puerta del Sol—_Cafés_—The _Aguadores_—The Prado Park—The Theatre—Spanish...
5. CHAPTER VCOUNTRY LIFE IN SPAIN Life in a Spanish _Posada_—Spanish Peasants—The Toilers 153–203 of the Field and other Workers—The _Cigarreras_ of Seville—The _Kermesse_ in the Esclava Ga...
6. CHAPTER VISPANISH ART Spanish Art the Reflection of the Spanish Temperament—The 204–231 Great Buildings of Spain—Spanish Gothic—Its Realistic Naturalness, its Massiveness and Extravagance...
7. CHAPTER VIIABOUT MANY THINGS The Real Spirit of Spain—The Spiritual Instinct of the 232–252 Race—The Escorial—Spanish Beggars—The Spaniard belongs to the Past, but also to the Future INDEX...
8. CHAPTER I—THE FASCINATION OF SPAINSpain the Home of Romance—The Conservatism of the People—Spain the most Democratic of Countries—The Tradition of Chivalry—The Cid—Spain the Connecting Link between Europe and Af...
9. CHAPTER II—THE SPANISH PEOPLEThe Character of the People—Their Quietness and Sobriety—Their Cruelty—This the Result of their Stoicism and Indifference to Pain—These the Qualities of a Strong and Primitive P...
10. CHAPTER III—TOWN LIFE IN SPAINToledo, the Type of the Spanish City—Its Architectural Monuments—The Intermingling of Arab and Christian Art—Granada—The Alhambra—Cordova—The Great Mosque—Seville, the City of P...
11. CHAPTER IV—TOWN LIFE IN SPAIN (_continued_)The contrast is great from Seville to Madrid, which is less distinctly Spanish than any city in the Peninsula. The royal capital, established by the decree of Philip II., has th...
12. CHAPTER V—COUNTRY LIFE IN SPAINLife in a Spanish _Posada_—Spanish Peasants—The Toilers of the Field and other Workers—The _Cigarreras_ of Seville—The _Kermesse_ in the Esclava Gardens—The Love of Festivals—Ea...
13. CHAPTER VI—SPANISH ARTSpanish Art the Reflection of the Spanish Temperament—The Great Buildings of Spain—Spanish Gothic—Its Realistic Naturalness, its Massiveness and Extravagance—The Churches, the R...
14. CHAPTER VII—ABOUT MANY THINGSWhat is the real spirit of Spain? We are now in a better position to attempt an answer. The word which I should use to represent the main impression made upon me by the characte...