AUBREY F. G. BELL.

S. João do Estoril,
June, 1915.

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]

ILLUSTRATIONS

GENERAL VIEW, LISBON [Frontispiece]
ROMAN TEMPLE, EVORA facing page [2]
WOMEN AT WORK ” [8]
A FARMHOUSE, MINHO ” [30]
A FARMER ” [32]
THE VINTAGE, DOURO ” [38]
TERREIRO DO PAÇO, LISBON ” [42]
BOM JESUS DO MONTE, BRAGA ” [50]
A SHEPHERD ” [60]
CONVENTO DE JERONYMOS, BELEM ” [88]
CASTELLO DA PENA, CINTRA ” [90]
CLOISTER OF D. DINIZ, ALCOBAÇA ” [92]
TOMB OF D. INÉS DE CASTRO, ALCOBAÇA ” [94]
GENERAL VIEW, OPORTO ” [102]
THE CONVENT, MAFRA ” [128]
THE CHURCH, BATALHA ” [130]
THE CATHEDRAL, BRAGA ” [140]
GENERAL VIEW, COIMBRA ” [146]
THE WASHING-PLACE, COIMBRA ” [164]
CASTLE OF ALMOUROL ” [170]
GENERAL VIEW, VILLA REAL ” [174]
TOWER OF CASTLE, BEJA ” [178]
RUINED CASTLE, LEIRIA ” [182]
DOORWAY OF THE UNFINISHED CHAPELS, BATALHA ” [208]
INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH, BATALHA ” [214]
CONVENTO DE CHRISTO, THOMAR ” [216]
GENERAL VIEW, FARO ” [232]
A SQUARE, LISBON ” [236]
CEDAR AVENUE, BUSSACO ” [240]
A STUDY IN COSTUMES ” [248]