"The Fortunate Isles: Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza" by Mary Stuart Boyd. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Mary Stuart Boyd. The Fortunate Isles: Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza
The Fortunate Isles: Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza
Table of Contents
I. SOUTHWARDS
II. OUR CASA IN SPAIN
III. PALMA, THE PEARL OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
IV. HOUSEKEEPING
V. TWO HISTORIC BUILDINGS
VI. THE FAIR AT INCA
VII. VALLDEMOSA
VIII. MIRAMAR
IX. SÓLLER
X. ANDRAITX
XI. UP AMONG THE WINDMILLS
XII. NAVIDAD
XIII. THE FEAST OF THE CONQUISTADOR
XIV. POLLENSA
XV. THE PORT OF ALCUDIA
XVI. MINORCA
XVII. STORM-BOUND
XVIII. ALARÓ
XIX. THE DRAGON CAVES AND MANACOR
XX. ARTÁ AND ITS CAVES
XXI. AMONG THE HILLS
XXII. DEYÁ, AND A PALMA PROCESSION
XXIII. OF FAIR WOMEN AND FINE WEATHER
XXIV. OF ODDS AND ENDS
XXV. IVIZA—A FORGOTTEN ISLE
XXVI. AN IVIZAN SABBATH
XXVII. AT SAN ANTONIO
XXVIII. WELCOME AND FAREWELL
XXIX. LAST DAYS
INDEX
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Mary Stuart Boyd
Published by Good Press, 2021
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While Palma is bright and full of movement and of cheerful sounds, it is an adorable place to be lazy in. The sunshine and soft air foster indolence; and though there is no stagnation, everybody takes life easily in this walled city by the southern sea. There is no bustle, no need to hurry. What is not accomplished to-day can be done to-morrow. And if to-morrow finds it still undone—why, what is the future made up of, if not of an illimitable succession of to-morrows?
When the ancients christened Palma "the Pearl of the Mediterranean," they gave it a title that to this day it deserves.
