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HEROIC SPAIN

[Illustration: A SPANISH HIDALGO, BY EL GRECO]




HEROIC SPAIN

BY
E. BOYLE O'REILLY

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
DUFFIELD AND COMPANY
1910

COPYRIGHT, 1910
BY DUFFIELD AND COMPANY




CONTENTS


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INTRODUCTION: PRACTICAL HINTS                                          1

ESPAÑA LA HEROICA: VERSES                                             12

IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY: LOYOLA                                         13

BURGOS AND THE CID                                                    33

VALLADOLID                                                            55

OVIEDO IN THE ASTURIAS                                                79

THE SLEEPING CITIES OF LEON                                          104

GALICIA                                                              121

SALAMANCA                                                            142

SEGOVIA                                                              159

SAINT TERESA AND AVILA                                               183

EVENING IN AVILA: VERSES                                             212

MADRID AND THE ESCORIAL                                              213

TOLEDO                                                               229

CORDOVA AND GRANADA                                                  258

VIGNETTES OF SEVILLE                                                 274

A CHURCH FEAST IN SEVILLE                                            293

HOLY WEEK IN SEVILLE                                                 302

CADIZ                                                                316

A FEW MODERN NOVELS                                                  326

ESTREMADURA                                                          351

ARAGON                                                               369

MINOR CITIES OF CATALONIA                                            385

BARCELONA                                                            395

GERONA AND FAREWELL TO SPAIN                                         420




ILLUSTRATIONS


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A Spanish Hidalgo, by El Greco                              Frontispiece

Burgos Cathedral from the Castle Hill                                 36

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