The Blood of the Arena

by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

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THE BLOOD OF
THE ARENA

BY
VICENTE BLASCO IBÁÑEZ
FROM THE SPANISH, BY FRANCES DOUGLAS

ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR BY TROY
AND MARGARET WEST KINNEY

CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1911

Copyright
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1911
Published November, 1911
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London
W. F. Gall Printing Company
Chicago

CONTENTS

Chapter		Page
[I]	The Hero and the Public	[9]
[II]	The Matador and the Lady	[33]
[III]	Born for the Bull-ring	[64]
[IV]	At Carmen's Window-grille	[80]
[V]	The Lure of Golden Hair	[106]
[VI]	The Voice of the Siren	[126]
[VII]	The Spanish Wild Beast	[153]
[VIII]	Diamonds in the Ring	[178]
[IX]	Breakfast with the Bandit	[195]
[X]	A Look into the Face of Death	[228]
[XI]	Doctor Ruiz on Tauromachy	[256]
[XII]	Airing the Saints	[269]
[XIII]	The Mastery of Self-preservation	[288]
[XIV]	The Spanish Lilith	[307]
[XV]	Behind the Scenes	[328]
[XVI]	"The Greatest Man in the World"	[348]
[XVII]	The Atonement of Blood	[362]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page
When the swordsman clasped her hand she lookedinto his eyes. "Don't go—come; come!"	[Frontispiece]
Gallardo's wedding was a national event. Far intothe night guitars strummed with melancholy plaint....Girls, their arms held high, beat the marblefloor with their little feet	[96]
"For me?" asked the bandit in tones of surpriseand wonder. "For me, Señora Marquesa?"	[224]
The animal moved in confusion between the redcloths, drawing him far away from the swordsman	[294]