CHAPTER VII.

MADRID--_continued_.

The Prado--The Mantilla and Fan--The Spanish Type--Water-Merchants; Coffee-houses of Madrid--Newspapers--The Politicians of the Puerta del Sol--Post-Office--The Houses of Madrid--Tertullias; Spanish Society--The Teatro del Principe--The Queen's Palace; the Palace of the Cortes, and the Monument of the Dos de Mayo--The Armeria and El Buen Retiro 73