Stories of persons and places in Europe . reverse of the living picture, and then to exhibit it in the most publicplace of Madrid, where all might see, and be impressed with the moral itwould teach—one day possessed of all that makes life desirable, the next apoor, pale piece of clay. Her wish was fulfilled. A month after her death the painter had thebeautiful picture carried to her .tomb and there he painted all one night. Inthe morning they found him fainting upon the cold floor, with the face ofthe dead reproduced upon the reverse of the picture. It was hung in apublic place as she had requ
Stories of persons and places in Europe . reverse of the living picture, and then to exhibit it in the most publicplace of Madrid, where all might see, and be impressed with the moral itwould teach—one day possessed of all that makes life desirable, the next apoor, pale piece of clay. Her wish was fulfilled. A month after her death the painter had thebeautiful picture carried to her .tomb and there he painted all one night. Inthe morning they found him fainting upon the cold floor, with the face ofthe dead reproduced upon the reverse of the picture. It was hung in apublic place as she had requested and thousands who came to look at itwent away with the warning in their hearts. But it had not then receivedthe upper scene. Forty years afterward when the painter had gained great 342 Persons and Places in Europe. renown he again visited the house where the painting was kept, and thereput on the finishing touches which took away the horrors of death andpointed to a better life to come, while the solemn warning remained STATUE OF PHILIP IV., MADRID. CHAPTER XV. PORTUGAL. The natural features of Portugal are like those of Spain. It has thesame general formation. Its mountain chains and rivers are but a continua-tion of those of its larger neighbor. There are no natural boundaries ; onlya difference in race make two nations of this Iberian Peninsula, instead of Portugal has been called an out-of-the-way corner of Europe, because itis not so much visited by travelers as the other countries; but it has manyattractions. The scenery in some places is very fine, especially along thesoutlern extremity of the Sierra Estrella, between the Tagus and the Atlan-tic A favorite resort of the wealthy Portugese, is the hills and town ofCintra the most beautiful spot in this vicinity, and many English residentshave here handsome villas. Lord Byron laid the scene of the first part of Childe Harold in this place. # The Douro.—Two noble rivers escape from the mountain defiles ot
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