The Alhambra . court of the mosquewhere Fortuny painted. In a Spanish translation it is pressedupon you almost as you cross the threshold. Irvings roomsin the Palace are always locked, that the guide may getan extra fee for opening—as a special favour—an apartmentwhich half the people ask to see. As the steamers RipVan Winkle and Knickerbocker ply up and down theHudson, so the Hotel Washington Irving rises underthe shadow of the Alhambra. Even the spirits and spooksthat haunt every grove and garden are all of his creation, asSpaniards themselves will be quick to tell you ; though whoIrving—or,

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The Alhambra . court of the mosquewhere Fortuny painted. In a Spanish translation it is pressedupon you almost as you cross the threshold. Irvings roomsin the Palace are always locked, that the guide may getan extra fee for opening—as a special favour—an apartmentwhich half the people ask to see. As the steamers RipVan Winkle and Knickerbocker ply up and down theHudson, so the Hotel Washington Irving rises underthe shadow of the Alhambra. Even the spirits and spooksthat haunt every grove and garden are all of his creation, asSpaniards themselves will be quick to tell you ; though whoIrving—or, in their familiar speech, Vashington—was, butvery few of them could explain. And thus his name hasbecome so closely associated with the place that, just as Died- INTRODUCTION xvii rich Knickerbocker will be remembered while New York stands,so Washington Irving cannot be forgotten so long as the RedPalace looks down upon the Vega and the tradition of theMoor lingers in Granada. Elizabeth Robins 1 ..,,. \l .> W^^-^

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