WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND
FIFTY-TWO PEN DRAWINGS
BY
A. S. BOYD, R.S.W.
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1911
[FOREWARNING]
"I hear you think of spending the winter in the Balearic Islands?" said the only Briton we met who had been there. "Well, I warn you, you won't enjoy them. They are quite out of the world. There are no tourists. Not a soul understands a word of English, and there's nothing whatever to do. If you take my advice you won't go."
So we went. And what follows is a faithful account of what befell us in these fortunate isles.
M. S. B.
[CONTENTS]
| PAGE | ||
| I. | SOUTHWARDS | [1] |
| II. | OUR CASA IN SPAIN | [14] |
| III. | PALMA, THE PEARL OF THE MEDITERRANEAN | [26] |
| IV. | HOUSEKEEPING | [39] |
| V. | TWO HISTORIC BUILDINGS | [51] |
| VI. | THE FAIR AT INCA | [60] |
| VII. | VALLDEMOSA | [66] |
| VIII. | MIRAMAR | [79] |
| IX. | SÓLLER | [94] |
| X. | ANDRAITX | [107] |
| XI. | UP AMONG THE WINDMILLS | [117] |
| XII. | NAVIDAD | [128] |
| XIII. | THE FEAST OF THE CONQUISTADOR | [143] |
| XIV. | POLLENSA | [152] |
| XV. | THE PORT OF ALCUDIA | [168] |
| XVI. | MINORCA | [179] |
| XVII. | STORM-BOUND | [193] |
| XVIII. | ALARÓ | [203] |
| XIX. | THE DRAGON CAVES AND MANACOR | [215] |
| XX. | ARTÁ AND ITS CAVES | [225] |
| XXI. | AMONG THE HILLS | [242] |
| XXII. | DEYÁ, AND A PALMA PROCESSION | [252] |
| XXIII. | OF FAIR WOMEN AND FINE WEATHER | [264] |
| XXIV. | OF ODDS AND ENDS | [274] |
| XXV. | IVIZA—A FORGOTTEN ISLE | [289] |
| XXVI. | AN IVIZAN SABBATH | [301] |
| XXVII. | AT SAN ANTONIO | [311] |
| XXVIII. | WELCOME AND FAREWELL | [320] |
| XXIX. | LAST DAYS | [328] |
| INDEX | [335] |