THE LITTLE
SPANISH DANCER


A STREET IN SEVILLE


The LITTLE
SPANISH DANCER
BY
MADELINE BRANDEIS

Photographic Illustrations

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
by arrangement with the A. Flanagan Company


COPYRIGHT, 1936, BY A. FLANAGAN COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An International Dedication
to
AILEENY
My "Parisian" Sister, Her "Rumanian" Husband, and the Memory of the "Russian" Ballet Dancing Which She Used To Do in "America" When She Was the Age of Little "Spanish" Pilar!

NOTE
The photographs in this book were taken in Spain by the author. The character of "The Little Spanish Dancer" is portrayed by Pilar Herrera, of Seville, a charming little girl, whom we wish to thank for helping to decorate this book.


[CONTENTS]

PAGE
Chapter I
The Magic Castanets [9]
Chapter II
An Old Red Cape [20]
Chapter III
In Old Cadiz (A Legend of the Castanets) [32]
Chapter IV
The Souvenirs Speak [44]
Chapter V
In Old Granada (A Legend of the Castanets) [61]
Chapter VI
Another Visit to Juan [71]
Chapter VII
Four Old Paintings [77]
Chapter VIII
Fiesta [89]
Chapter IX
The Mystery of the Young Prince [100]
Chapter X
A Stout Sweetheart [115]
Chapter XI
Dance of the Six (A Legend of the Castanets) [123]
Chapter XII
Pilar's Grandfather Remembers [134]
Chapter XIII
Bullfight in Madrid (A Legend of the Castanets) [138]
Chapter XIV
Where Is Pilar? [156]
Chapter XV
A Stranger Arrives [163]
Pronouncing Vocabulary[175]