. Spanish life in town and country . HAPTER XIThe Army and Navy 183 CHAPTER XIIReligious Life 198 CHAPTER XIIIEducation and the Priesthood . .213 CHAPTER XIVPhilanthropy — Position of Women — Mar-riage Customs 226 CHAPTER XVMusic, Art, and the Drama .... 236 CHAPTER XVIModern Literature 246 CHAPTER XVIIThe Future of Spain 260 PORTUGUESE LIFE CHAPTER XVIIILand and People 277 CHAPTER XIXPortuguese Institutions 298 Index 3*5 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE In Church. Showing the Mantieea andVeeo . Frontispiece Peasants 2 A Corner in Oijd Madrid 8 SEVIEEE Cigarrera ...... 20 Peasants 20 Vaeencianos 26 * The Wa
. Spanish life in town and country . HAPTER XIThe Army and Navy 183 CHAPTER XIIReligious Life 198 CHAPTER XIIIEducation and the Priesthood . .213 CHAPTER XIVPhilanthropy — Position of Women — Mar-riage Customs 226 CHAPTER XVMusic, Art, and the Drama .... 236 CHAPTER XVIModern Literature 246 CHAPTER XVIIThe Future of Spain 260 PORTUGUESE LIFE CHAPTER XVIIILand and People 277 CHAPTER XIXPortuguese Institutions 298 Index 3*5 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE In Church. Showing the Mantieea andVeeo . Frontispiece Peasants 2 A Corner in Oijd Madrid 8 SEVIEEE Cigarrera ...... 20 Peasants 20 Vaeencianos 26 * The Water Tribunal in Valencia. ShowingVaeencian Costumes ..... 34 Past Work 50 ~ Knife-Grinder ... o ... 50 Outside the Peaza de Toros, Madrid . .78 Bueyes Resting .94* In the Woods at La Granja . . 104 < Peaza de Toros. Picador Caught by the Buee 120 Peaza de Toros. The Procession . . 124 ix X Illustrations Dragging out the Dead Buee . The Escuriae A Wedding Party in EstremaduraA Country Cabin in Gaeicia PAGE 126140170292. SPANISH LIFE IN TOWN ANDCOUNTRY SPANISH LIFE IN TOWNAND COUNTRY CHAPTER I LAND AND PEOPLE ONLY in comparatively late years has theIberian Continent been added to the happyhunting-grounds of the ordinary British andAmerican tourist, and somewhat of a check aroseafter the outbreak of the war with America. Tothe other wonderful legends which gather roundthis romantic country, and are spread abroad,unabashed and uncontradicted, was added onemore, to the effect that so strong a feeling existedon the part of the populace against Americans,that it was unsafe for English-speaking visitorsto travel there. Nothing is farther from thetruth; there is no hatred of American or English,and, if there had been, they little know theinnate courtesy of the Spanish people, who fear 2 Spanish Life insult that is not due to the overbearing mannersof the tourist himself. To-day, however, everyone is going to Spain,and as the number of travellers increases, so, per-haps, does the
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