Spain in Silhouette GARDEN AND TOWER OF THE MKXOUJTA, CORDOVA. CONTENTS CHAPTER PACK . IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BASQUE . . r 2. PAMPLONA, SARAGOSSA, AND MONTSERRAT 23 3. CATALONIA, LAND OF CONTRASTS . . 42 4. VALENCIA, LAND OF PLENTY ... 71 5. GRANADA, CITY OF MYSTERY . . . TOO 6. COJRDOVA, ANCIENT MECCA OF THE WEST 126 7. SEVILLE, THE PARADOX OF SPAIN . . 146 8. UNDER ANDALUSIAN SKIES .... 188 g. TOLEDO, THE SPANISH ROME . . . 215 10. MADRID AND THE KING .... 247 jj. OLD AND NEW CASTILE 286 X2. ASTURIAS AND JOURNEY S END . . ...
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Spain in Silhouette GARDEN AND TOWER OF THE MKXOUJTA, CORDOVA. CONTENTS CHAPTER PACK . IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BASQUE . . r 2. PAMPLONA, SARAGOSSA, AND MONTSERRAT 23 3. CATALONIA, LAND OF CONTRASTS . . 42 4. VALENCIA, LAND OF PLENTY ... 71 5. GRANADA, CITY OF MYSTERY . . . TOO 6. COJRDOVA, ANCIENT MECCA OF THE WEST 126 7. SEVILLE, THE PARADOX OF SPAIN . . 146 8. UNDER ANDALUSIAN SKIES .... 188 g. TOLEDO, THE SPANISH ROME . . . 215 10. MADRID AND THE KING .... 247 jj. OLD AND NEW CASTILE 286 X2. ASTURIAS AND JOURNEY S END . . . 33 ILLUSTRATIONS PACING PAOB Garden and Tower of the Mezquita, Cordova Frontispiece Pilar Cathedral, Saragossa 28 The Monastery of Montserrat 29 Rambla de las Flores, Barcelona 46 Templo de la Sagrada Familia 47 Art Nouveau in Northern Spain 54 Lace-Making in the Street, Barcelona . . 55 In a Cathedral Chapel 82 Everyday Spain 83 Mirador de Daraxa, the Alhambra .... 108 Court of Myrtles, the Alhambra 109 The Gypsy Quarter of Granada .... 120 Granada . . . . I2x The Patio of an Inn at Cordova 134 Interior of the Mezquita, Cordova .... 35 The Giralda, Seville 168 Airplane View of Seville 169 Cadiz i 8 Gibraltar 99 vii Illustrations FACING PAGE Ronda . . . o . . 242 The Old Roman Bridge at Toledo .... 243 A Street in Madrid - 270 Airplane View of Madrid 271 Roman Aqueduct at Segovia . 294 Puerta del Alcazar, Avila ...., 295 Airplane View of Burgos ...... 322 Coffer of El Cid in Burgos Cathedral 323 Burgos Cathedral ...... 328 Pinnacles of Burgos Cathedral . . . . 329 Cathedral of Leon ...., .. 338 Monastery at Ovfedo 339 Covadonga, Oviedo ...... 346 vm Spain in Silhouette Spain in Silhouette In the Country of the Basque September 25 Spain, the land of romance, oflegend, of heroes It is to be ours. We are on our way. We thrill even now to its magic. The glamour of the Alhambra by moonlight, the strange beauty of the mosque at Cordova, the actors of the Old World stage, Cervantes, Velasquez, Murillo, and those children of the brain, Don Juan, Don Quixote, and El Cid, the Campeador all crowd their way into the glow of expecta tion. We hear the click of castanets as lithe limbed Carmen, a red rose glowing in the mid night of her hair, sways in questioning pose before her Torero lover. Or perhaps we catch the soft twang of the guitar as a black-cloaked figure kneels beside the iron-grilled window of his inamorata Thick and fast come memories of written enchantments. We are aflame with anticipation Hasta maHana I Spain in Silhouette September 26 quot Tomorrow quot is here, and we are crossing the bridge over the river Bidassoa that separates the cities of French Hendaye and Spanish Iriin. At the far end is the border custom house, its officials lazily lounging in voluptuous repose against the entrance door or sitting straddle legged on chairs, smoking the eternal cigarette. Whatever the hour, by day or by night, indoors or out, in good weather or bad, alive and pos sibly dead, the Spaniard and his cigarette are inseparable. But the approach of quot pretty woman quot brings to their feet these lolling figures clad in brass buttoned brown suits sashed with bright orange They stand at attention, greeting us with a courteous sweep of their gay, rakish leather hats Can these be the terrible Spanish customs offi cers Shades of American quot customs quot 1 They actually apologize for presuming to turn over the contents of our portmanteaux. Perchance ourtrunks may be rifled in train transit, but if so, it will be very politely, and, after all, quot vice and virtue are largely matters of opinion and climate quot One traveler in Spain relates that while hit bag was being most deferentially ransacked, t 2
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