BY C. GASQUOINE HARTLEY AUTHOR OF “RECORD OF SPANISH PAINTING,” “MOORISH CITIES IN SPAIN,” ETC. WITH FIFTY ILLUSTRATIONS LONDON SEELEY, SERVICE & CO. LIMITED 38 Great Russell Street 1912...

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Spain the Home of Romance—The Conservatism of the People—Spain the most Democratic of Countries—The Tradition of Chivalry—The Cid—Spain the Connecting Link between Europe and Africa—The Place of the Moor in the Country To-day—The Gardens of Granada—The Bull-fight: its National Importance—Spanish Dancing. Coming into Spain by any of the chief portals—at Port Bou, at Algeciras, or at Irun—one finds oneself in a totally new country.  You cast much behind you as you come, for instance, from France;

The Character of the People—Their Quietness and Sobriety—Their Cruelty—This the Result of their Stoicism and Indifference to Pain—These the Qualities of a Strong and Primitive People—The Feria , the Holiday of the Sevillians—Religion: its Place in the National Life—The Dance of the Seises —Holy Week in Seville—Religious Processions—The Pasos . The character of the Spaniard, as one gradually learns to know it, not from a brief visit spent tourist fashion in hurrying from one city to another, but

Toledo, the Type of the Spanish City—Its Architectural Monuments—The Intermingling of Arab and Christian Art—Granada—The Alhambra—Cordova—The Great Mosque—Seville, the City of Pleasure—The Special Character of the Streets—The Cafés and Shops—The Typical Andalusian—The Parks—The Sevillanas —Spanish Courtship—The Houses of Seville—The Patios —The Home-life of the Sevillians—Spanish Hospitality. Toledo has kept, perhaps, more than any city in Spain its mediæval aspect, combining in its buildings of

Madrid: its Situation—The Old Town—The Rastro—The New Town—The Puerta del Sol— Cafés —The Aguadores —The Prado Park—The Theatre—Spanish Children—The Museums—The Picture-galleries. The contrast is great from Seville to Madrid, which is less distinctly Spanish than any city in the Peninsula.  The royal capital, established by the decree of Philip II., has the appearance of an accidental growth on the harsh Castilian slopes.  The climate is the worst of any town in Spain.  Madrid suffers all the op

Life in a Spanish Posada —Spanish Peasants—The Toilers of the Field and other Workers—The Cigarreras of Seville—The Kermesse in the Esclava Gardens—The Love of Festivals—Easter Day in a Spanish Village—Third-class Travelling—Wild Life in Spain—Fishing in the Country Districts. To know Spain it is not enough to visit the towns.  It is when the stranger leaves the beaten tracks of travel, and goes to the country districts, where the outcome of modern progress is still unknown, that he sees the lif

Spanish Art the Reflection of the Spanish Temperament—The Great Buildings of Spain—Spanish Gothic—Its Realistic Naturalness, its Massiveness and Extravagance—The Churches, the Real Museums of Art Treasures—Polychrome Sculpture—Spanish Painting—Its Late Development—Its Special Character—Its Strength, its Dramatic and Religious Character. To understand Spain you must know her architecture, her sculpture, and her pictures.  For in Spain, perhaps to a greater extent than in any country, art is the r

The Real Spirit of Spain—The Spiritual Instinct of the Race—The Escorial—Spanish Beggars—The Spaniard belongs to the Past, but also to the Future. What is the real spirit of Spain?  We are now in a better position to attempt an answer.  The word which I should use to represent the main impression made upon me by the character of the average Spaniard, the soldier, the bull-fighter, the priest, the gentleman, the peasant, is individualism; and it seems to me that this attitude explains Spain’s gre