POOR FOLK IN SPAIN
BY THE SAME AUTHOR |
MODERN FRENCH PAINTERS With 20 Illustrations in colour and 24 in black and white. Crown 4to. 21s. net. MOTHER AND CHILD Drawings by Bernard Meninsky. With letterpress by Jan Gordon. Crown 4to. 15s. net. |
THE BODLEY HEAD |
| POOR FOLK IN SPAIN |
| BY JAN AND CORA GORDON |
| ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHORS |
| JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LIMITED |
| VIGO ST. :: :: :: :: LONDON |
| First published 1922 |
| Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk.
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[CONTENTS]
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| I. | LONDON | [3] |
| II. | JESUS PEREZ | [7] |
| III. | THE FRONTIER | [17] |
| IV. | MEDINA DEL CAMPO | [29] |
| V. | AVILA | [40] |
| VI. | MADRID | [51] |
| VII. | A HOT NIGHT | [60] |
| VIII. | MURCIA—FIRST IMPRESSIONS | [70] |
| IX. | MURCIA—SETTLING DOWN | [81] |
| X. | MURCIA—BLAS | [90] |
| XI. | MURCIA—THE ALPAGATA SHOP | [95] |
| XII. | MURCIA—BRAVO TORO | [98] |
| XIVII. | AN EXCURSION | [109] |
| XIV. | VERDOLAY—HOUSEKEEPING | [123] |
| XV. | VERDOLAY—SKETCHING IN SPAIN | [133] |
| XVi. | VERDOLAY—CONENI | [142] |
| XVII. | VERDOLAY—THE INHABITANTS | [147] |
| XVIII. | VERDOLAY—THE DANCE AT CONENI'S | [156] |
| XIX. | MURCIA—THE LAUD | [161] |
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| XX. | ALICANTE | [169] |
| XXI. | JIJONA—THE FIESTA | [185] |
| XXII. | JIJONA—TIA ROGER | [200] |
| XXIII. | JIJONA—A DAY'S WORK | [207] |
| XXIV. | JIJONA—THE GOATHERD | [218] |
| XXV. | MURCIA—AUTUMN IN THE PASEO DE CORVERAS | [226] |
| XXVI. | LORCA | [244] |
| XXVII. | MURCIA—LAST DAYS | [260] |
| XXVIII. | THE ROAD HOME | [268] |
[LIST OF PLATES]
| To face page | |
| SPANISH COURTYARD | [Frontispiece] |
| CARTERS IN THE POSADA | [70] |
| A MURCIAN BEGGAR WOMAN | [78] |
| GIRL SINGING A MALAGUEÑA | [220] |
| THE VALENCIAN JOTA DANCED BY THREE COUPLES | [222] |