FAMILIAR SPANISH TRAVELS
By W. D. Howells
ILLUSTRATED
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMXIII
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY HARPER & BROTHERS
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED OCTOBER. 1913
TO M. H.
CONTENTS
[ I. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES ]
[ II. SAN SEBASTIAN AND BEAUTIFUL BISCAY ]
[ III. BURGOS AND THE BITTER COLD OF BURGOS ]
[ IV. THE VARIETY OF VALLADOLID ]
[ VI. A NIGHT AND DAY IN TOLEDO ]
[ VII. THE GREAT GRIDIRON OF ST. LAWRENCE ]
[ VIII. CORDOVA AND THE WAY THERE ]
[ X. SEVILLIAN ASPECTS AND INCIDENTS ]
[ XII. THE SURPRISES OF RONDA ]
[ XIII. ALGECIRAS AND TARIFA ]
ILLUSTRATIONS
[ 01 Puerta Del Sol—gate of the Sun—toledo ]
[ 02 The Casino, San Sebastian, Looks out Upon The Curving Concha and The Blue Bay ]
[ 03 The Sea Sweeps Inland in a Circle of Blue, to Form The Entrance To The Harbor, San Sebastian ]
[ 04 Groups of Women on Their Knees Beating Clothes in the Water ]
[ 05 The Iron-gray Bulk of The Cathedral Rears Itself from Clustering Walls and Roofs ]
[ 06 The Tomb of Donna Maria Manuel ]
[ 08 A Street Leading to the Cathedral ]
[ 09 The University of Valladolid ]
[ 11 The House in Which Philip Ii. Was Born ]
[ 13 Guard-mount in the Plaza de Armas, Royal Palace, Madrid ]
[ 14 Riches of Gray Roof and White Wall Mark Its Insurpassable Antiquity ]
[ 15 An Ancient Corner of the City ]
[ 16 The Bridge Across The Yellow Tagus ]
[ 17 The Town and Monastery of Escorial ]
[ 18 The Pantheon of The Kings and Queens Of Spain ]
[ 19 The Ancient City of Cordova ]
[ 20 The Bell-tower of The Great Mosque, Cordova ]
[ 21 Gateway of the Bridge, Cordova ]
[ 22 In Attitudes of Silent Devotion ]
[ 23 The Cathedral and Tower of The Giralda ]
[ 24 Ancient Roman Columns Lifting Aloft the Figures of Hercules and Caesar ]
[ 26 The Court of Flags and Tower Of The Giralda ]
[ 29 Looking Northwest from the Generalife over Granada ]
[ 30 Looking Across the New Bridge (300 Feet High) over The Guada-laviar Gorge, Ronda ]