. Things seen in Spain. With fifty illus . Lions, Alhambra 117 A Group of Workers in a Patio - 121 Las Planchadoras - 127 The Throne-Room, Royal Palace, Madrid 131 The Rastro Market, Madrid 135 Mounting Guard in the Plaza de Armas 141 Children at Play 147 A Bridge and Country Homes - 155 The Village Posada 159 A Medieval Ox-Cart 165 Harvesting Wheat X 169 List of Illustrations PAOB An Orange-Picker - - - 173Pottery Vendors - - - - - 179A Basque Peasant-Girl driving an Ox-Cart - - - - - 185Sherry a Half-Century Old - - 189Ruins of an Old Aqueduct • - 195Beaching Fishing-Boats - - - 199Choir-Sta
. Things seen in Spain. With fifty illus . Lions, Alhambra 117 A Group of Workers in a Patio - 121 Las Planchadoras - 127 The Throne-Room, Royal Palace, Madrid 131 The Rastro Market, Madrid 135 Mounting Guard in the Plaza de Armas 141 Children at Play 147 A Bridge and Country Homes - 155 The Village Posada 159 A Medieval Ox-Cart 165 Harvesting Wheat X 169 List of Illustrations PAOB An Orange-Picker - - - 173Pottery Vendors - - - - - 179A Basque Peasant-Girl driving an Ox-Cart - - - - - 185Sherry a Half-Century Old - - 189Ruins of an Old Aqueduct • - 195Beaching Fishing-Boats - - - 199Choir-Stalls in the Mosque, Cordova - 207Burgos Cathedral - - - 211Residence of the Mexican Minister, Madrid - - - - 215 The Old Aqueduct of Trajan - - 219 Main Gallery in the Museo del Prado - 223 The Cross by the Wayside - - 227 Town and Monastery of the Escorial - 235 Puerta Judiciana, or Gate of Justice - 239 Municipal Plaza and Cathedral, Toledo - 243 The Valley of the Guadelevin River - 247 Flamenco Dance of a Gitana, Seville - 250 XI ^7^. A PEASANT OF ANDALUSIA Things Seen in Spain CHAPTER I THE FASCINATION OF SPAIN Spain the Home of Romance—The Conservatismof the People—Spain the most Democratic ofCountries — The Tradition of Chivalry—TheCid — Spain the Connecting Link betweenEurope and Africa—The Place of the Moor inthe Country To-day—The Gardens of Granada—The Bull-fight : its National Importance—Spanish Dancing. COMING into Spain by any of the chiefportals—at Port Bou, at Algeciras, orat Irun—one finds oneself in a totally newcountry. You cast miich behind you as y<^ucome, for instance, from France; you will beimpressed by a certain strangeness of aspectfar different from all you have learnt to ex-13 Things Seen in Spain pect in other countries. You will feel trans-planted back into another world. It is as ifSpain had sat aside waiting, indifferent andproud, while elsewhere life has rushed onwards. The conservatism of Spain may be gatheredfrom the o
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