¶ Much of the materials of my work has appeared in article form in magazines. To the Editors of The Commonweal, The Dial, The Menorah Journal, The Nation, The New Republic, The North American Review, La Revista de Occidente (Madrid), The Saturday Review and The Virginia (University) Quarterly, my acknowledgments, also.

¶ Finally, a word by way of explanation. What I have attempted might be called a Symphonic History. Spain is a complex integer: some of the elements which compose it are known commonly under such terms as climate, geography, historical events, literature, manners, custom, laws and art. Since I felt the Personality of Spain to hold all of these immediately, as a body holds all its organs, I have essayed, not to discuss them severally, not to relate their passage and chronological order, not primarily to picture or to dissect them. But I have let them come, each in its measure and its turn, upon the scene: and like actors in a play, like themes in a symphony, they have spoken their parts. If I could have my way, the pages of my book would come unto my reader as a drama he sees acted in an evening, or as a work of music he hears performed in an hour. I cannot command this proper and impossible hearing. I can but pray my reader, in some such spirit and attention, to take the book which lies now in his hand. Let him do this for me, and I shall gladly leave to him the judgment of my failure or success.

W. F.

New York, December, 1925.

CONTENTS

PAGE
Prelude: The Sky of Spain[5]
PART ONE: Spain
CHAPTER
[I.]Hinterland in Africa[11]
[a.]Oasis[13]
[b.]Moghreb[24]
[c.]Ishmael and Israel[34]
[II.]Hinterland in Spain[43]
[III.]Andalusia[49]
[a.] El Andalús[51]
[b.]The Eye[57]
[c.]The Bowels[64]
[d.]A Goddess and Don Juan[70]
[e.]The Gypsies Dance[80]
[f.]Spain Dances[82]
[IV.]Aragon[89]
[a.]The Atom[91]
[b.]The Way of the Atom[96]
[V.]Castile[101]
[a.]The Castle of the Cid[103]
[b.]The Stones of Wisdom[110]
[c.]The Water Bridge[117]
[d.]The Miracle of El Greco[121]
[e.]The Tomb[132]
[VI.]The Dream of Valencia[137]
PART TWO: The Tragedy of Spain
[VII.]The Will of the Catholic Kings[141]
[VIII.]The Will of Saint and Sinner[155]
[a.]Irony and Honor[157]
[b.]The Mystic[159]
[c.]The Jesuit[167]
[d.]The Jurist[173]
[e.]The Rogue[178]
[f.]Velázquez[183]
[IX.]The Will of Don Quixote[189]
[a.]The Birth of the Hero[191]
[b.]The Career of the Hero[201]
[c.]The Book of the Hero[218]
[X.]The Will of God[227]
[a.]The Bull Fight[229]
[b.]Man and Woman[239]
[c.]Madrid[250]
PART THREE: Beyond Spain
[XI.]The Rift in Barcelona[255]
[XII.]The Comedy of the Basque[261]
[XIII.]Two Andalusians[273]
[a.]The Sleepers[275]
[b.]The Awakeners[280]
[c.]The Sleepless Spirit[287]
[XIV.]The Port of Columbus[293]

PRELUDE
THE SKY OF SPAIN