Granada and the Alhambra / A brief description of the ancient city of Granada, with a particular account of the Moorish palace

THE SPANISH SERIES

GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA
THE SPANISH SERIES EDITED BY ALBERT F. CALVERT

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ANCIENT CITY OF GRANADA WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE MOORISH PALACE BY ALBERT F. CALVERT WITH 460 ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMVII Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited Tavistock Street, London TO H.I.M. THE EMPRESS EUGÉNIE THIS SOUVENIR OF THAT FAIR GRANADAN HOME FROM WHICH SHE CARRIED THE CROWN OF SPANISH BEAUTY TO GRACE THE THRONE OF FRANCE IS DEDICATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HER MAJESTY’S GRACIOUS PERMISSION
Although the admission may be construed by the censorious as betraying a lack of becoming diffidence, I am tempted to believe that no apology will be demanded for the publication of this volume by that section of the reading public for which it has been chiefly compiled. My temerity goes even further, and I anticipate with some confidence that visitors to the Alhambra, and pilgrims to that famous Mecca of Moorish workmanship, will recognise in this book an earnest attempt to supply a long-felt want. When I paid my first visit to Granada some years ago, I was surprised and disappointed to find that no such thing as an even fairly adequate illustrated souvenir of this “city of the dawn” was to be obtained. Many tomes, costly and valuable (not necessarily the same thing), have been written to place on record the wonders of “the glorious sanctuary of Spain,” but these are beyond the reach of the general public. Many beautiful pictures have caught odd ecstasies of this superb and perfectly harmonised palace of art, but these impressions are not available to the ordinary tourist.
What is wanted, as I imagine, is a concise history and description of the Alhambra, illustrated with a series of pictures constituting a tangible remembrancer of the delights of this Granadian paradise
“Where glory rests ’tween laurels, A torch to give thee light!”