Planchadoras”

129

The Throne-Room, Royal Palace, Madrid

133

The Rastro Market, Madrid

134

Mounting Guard in the Plaza de Armas

143

Children at Play

147

A Bridge and Country Homes

154

The Village Posada

158

A Medieval Ox-Cart

164

Harvesting Wheat

168

An Orange-Picker

172

Pottery Vendors

178

A Basque Peasant-Girl driving an Ox-Cart

184

Sherry a Half-Century Old

191

Ruins of an Old Aqueduct

194

Beaching Fishing-Boats

198

Choir-Stalls in the Mosque, Cordova

207

Burgos Cathedral

210

Residence of the Mexican Minister, Madrid

214

The Old Aqueduct of Trajan

218

Main Gallery in the Museo del Prado

222

The Cross by the Wayside

226

Town and Monastery of the Escorial

234

Puerta Judiciana, or Gate of Justice

238

Municipal Plaza and Cathedral, Toledo

242

The Valley of the Guadelevin River

246

Flamenco Dance of a Gitana, Seville

249

CHAPTER I—THE FASCINATION OF SPAIN

Spain the Home of Romance—The Conservatism