I have not attempted to review political matters; and neither have I tried to give an exhaustive account of the country in any other respect. The pictures which I have given I have endeavored to make vivid and faithful; and, if I have succeeded, they will present the essential characteristics of Spain. What has thus been the object of the text has certainly been attained in the drawings by Mr. Reinhart, which supply much the greater part of the illustrations in this volume. Made after sketches from life, which were prepared with unflagging zeal, and often under great difficulties, they frequently tell more than language can convey. Their graphic touch, their variety and humor, their technical merit, give them the best of recommendations; but a word of distinct recognition is due here to the artist for the fidelity and spirit with which he has reproduced so many scenes peculiar to the country.

It is hoped that the concluding chapter of "Hints to Travellers" will prove useful, as supplying certain information not always accessible in guide-books, and also as condensing the practical particulars of the subject in a convenient form.

The Wayside, Concord, April 1, 1883.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
[FROM BURGOS TO THE GATE OF THE SUN] [1]
[THE LOST CITY][34]
[CORDOVAN PILGRIMS][70]
[ANDALUSIA AND THE ALHAMBRA][103]
[MEDITERRANEAN PORTS AND GARDENS][152]
[HINTS TO TRAVELLERS][186]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE
A Mandurra Solo[Frontispiece]
Initial Letter[1]
Two Assassins in Long Cloaks[2]
The Night-watch[4]
Dancing Boys[6]
The Arch of St. Mary[8]
Peasants in the Market-place[11]
In the Mirador[13]
Landscape Between Burgos and Madrid[17]
The Plaza Mayor[21]
Water-dealer[23]
Old Artillery Park[24]
The Escorial[25]
On the Road to the Bull-fight[27]
Plan of the Bull-ring[28]
A Street Scene[32]
Tail-piece[33]
Initial Letter[34]
Entrance to Toledo[35]
The Narrow Way[36]
Spanish Peasant (from a Drawing By William M. Chase)[37]
Singing Girl[41]
Cloister of St. John of the Kings[42]
A Bit of Character[43]
Spanish Soldiers Playing Dominos[44]
A Narrow Street[45]
Woman With Bundle[46]
The Serenaders[47]
A Plentiful Supply of Plates[50]
The Toilet—a Sunday Scene[51]
A Toledo Priest[53]
Toledo Servitors at the Fountain[55]
A Professional Beggar[57]
A Group of Mendicants[58]
A Patio in Toledo[59]
The Home of "Solitude"[61]
"Men and Boys Slumber Out-of-doors even in the Hot Sun"[67]
A Strange Funeral[68]
Tail-piece[69]
Initial Letter[70]
Whetstone[71]
Coffee at Castillejo[72]
Primitive Thrashing[74]
While the Women are at Mass[75]
Water-stand in Cordova[77]
The Gay Coster-mongers of Andalusia[79]
The Mezquita[80]
Relic Peddlers[81]
The Garden of the Alcazar[83]
Priest and Purveyor[85]
Flowers for the Market[85]
Travellers to Cordova[87]
"Arré, Burr-r-rico!"[89]
The Fruit of the Desierta[94]
Memento Mori[97]
Difficult for Foreigners[101]
The Jasmine Girl[101]
Initial Letter[103]
Main Entrance to the Cathedral, Sevilla (from a Photograph by J. Laurent & Co., Madrid)[105]
The Giralda Tower (from a Photograph By J. Laurent & Co., Madrid)[107]
The "Underground" Mail[109]
A Street Corner[115]
Figaro[118]
"Stone Walls do not a Prison Make"[121]
In "The Serpent"[123]
"All the Day I am Happy"[127]
Granada Undertaker[130]
The Moorish Gate, Sevilla[131]
A Water-carrier[133]
Bit of Arch in a Court of the Alhambra (from a Photograph by J. Laurent & Co., Madrid)[137]
The Toilet Tower (from a Photograph by J. Laurent & Co., Madrid)[139]
Boudoir of Lindaraxa[141]
Gypsies[150]
Initial Letter[152]
Gypsy Dance[154]
A Spanish Monk[158]
Transportation of Pottery[160]
Garlic Vender[161]
Diving for Coppers[164]
A Modern Sancho Panza[167]
Street Barber[168]
Bibles versus Melons[169]
Customs Officers[171]
Post Inn, Alicante[172]
Alicante Fruit-seller[173]
Method of Irrigation near Valencia[175]
Church of Santa Catalina, Valencia[176]
A Valencia Cab[178]
Barcelona Fishermen[180]
Tail-piece[185]
Initial Letter[186]
St. John at Burgos—Cherubs in Adoration[210]

S P A N I S H V I S T A S.

FROM BURGOS TO THE GATE OF THE SUN.