Familiar Spanish Travels
William Dean Howells
- In
- this
- book
- of
- travels
- Mr.
- Howells
- relates
- the
- incidents
- and
- impressions
- of
- his
- trip
- through
- Spain.
- In
- a
- leisurely,
- discursive
- fashion
- he
- notes
- what
- most
- appealed
- to
- him
- as
- he
- journeyed
- from
- San
- Sebastian
- through
- Burgos,
- Madrid,
- Toledo,
- Cordova,
- Seville
- to
- Granada,
- Ronda,
- Algecirus,
- and
- Tarifa.
- Like
- a
- glorified
- cinemacolor
- film,
- he
- passes
- in
- review
- Spanish
- scenery,
- the
- architecture
- of
- cathedrals
- and
- palaces;
- theatres
- and
- hotels;
- picturesque
- street-scenes,
- Moorish
- remains;
- the
- King
- and
- Queen;
- beggars
- and
- guides;
- gypsies
- and
- donkeys.
- And
- back
- of
- all
- this
- living
- present,
- adding
- richness
- to
- the
- scene
- like
- a
- figured
- tapestry,
- is
- the
- romantic
- history
- of
- Spain's past.
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