CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
PREFACE[v]
I.CHARACTERISTICS[1]
II.POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT[25]
III.LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY[41]
IV.RELIGION AND EDUCATION[61]
V.A LAND OF FLOWERS[76]
VI.CONVENTS AND PALACES[88]
VII.HISTORICAL SURVEY[107]
VIII.LITERATURE[133]
IX.PLAYS—GIL VICENTE[152]
X.POLITICS AND THE PRESS[164]
XI.FROM MONARCHY TO REPUBLIC[183]
XII.RECENT EVENTS[199]
XIII.GREAT BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL[216]
XIV.PORTUGAL OF THE FUTURE[229]
GLOSSARY[259]
INDEX[263]
MAP[end of book]