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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