A Short History of Spain

Transcriber's Note: Original spellings have been retained, including those that are inconsistent within the document. An error in the Table of Contents has been corrected from page 154 to page 156.
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1906 COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY MARY PLATT PARMELE COPYRIGHT, 1898, 1906, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

From the portrait by Titian.
In presenting this book to the public the author can only reiterate what she has already said in works of a similar kind: that she has tried to exclude the mass of confusing details which often make the reading of history a dreary task; and to keep closely to those facts which are vital to the unfolding of the narrative. This is done under a strong conviction that the essential facts in history are those which reveal and explain the development of a nation, rather than the incidents, more or less entertaining, which have attended such development. And also under another conviction: that a little, thoroughly comprehended, is better than much imperfectly remembered and understood.
M.P.P
NEW YORK. June 15, 1898.

CHAPTER I.
Ancient Iberia—The Basques—The Keltberians—The
CHAPTER II.
Struggle between Phenicians and Assyrians—Founding