Spanish Highways and Byways
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Katharine Lee Bates. Spanish Highways and Byways
Preface
I "THE LAZY SPANIARD"
II. A CONTINUOUS CARNIVAL
III. WITHIN THE ALHAMBRA
IV. A FUNCTION IN GRANADA
V. IN SIGHT OF THE GIRALDA
VI. PASSION WEEK IN SEVILLE
VII. TRACES OF THE INQUISITION
VIII. AN ANDALUSIAN TYPE
IX. A BULL-FIGHT
X. GYPSIES
XI. THE ROUTE OF THE SILVER FLEETS
XII. MURILLO'S CHERUBS
XIII. THE YOLK OF THE SPANISH EGG
XIV. A STUDY IN CONTRASTS
XV. THE PATRON SAINT OF MADRID
XVI. THE FUNERAL OF CASTELAR
XVII. THE IMMEMORIAL FASHION
XVIII. CORPUS CHRISTI IN TOLEDO
XIX. THE TERCENTENARY OF VELÁZQUEZ
XX. CHORAL GAMES OF SPANISH CHILDREN
XXI "O LA SEÑORITA!"
XXII. ACROSS THE BASQUE PROVINCES
XXIII. IN OLD CASTILE
XXIV. PILGRIMS OF SAINT JAMES
XXV. THE BUILDING OF A SHRINE
XXVI. THE SON OF THUNDER
XXVII. VIGO AND AWAY
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"Spain is a contradiction," was the parting word of the Rev. William H. Gulick, the honored American missionary whose unwearied kindness looked after us, during the break in official representation, more effectively than a whole diplomatic corps. "Spanish blood is a strange mezcla, whose elements, Gothic, African, Oriental, are at war among themselves. You will find Spaniards tender and cruel, boastful and humble, frank and secretive, and all at once. It will be a journey of surprises."
We were saying good-by, on February 4, 1899, to sunshiny Biarritz, whither Mrs. Gulick's school for Spanish girls had been spirited over the border at the outbreak of the war. Here we had found Spanish and American flags draped together, Spanish and American friendships holding fast, and a gallant little band of American teachers spending youth and strength in their patient campaign for conquering the Peninsula by a purer idea of truth. Rough Riders may be more pictorial, but hardly more heroic.
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"Oh, don't say that! Spain has the Alhambra, and beautiful churches, beautiful pictures."
"Can one eat churches and pictures, my lady?"
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