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Patrañas
or Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional
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Patrañas or Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional

by Busk Rachel Harriette

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PATRAÑAS;
OR
Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional.

LONDON:
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN’S SQUARE.

Carlo Magno and the Giant.—Page 19.

PATRAÑAS;
OR
SPANISH STORIES,
Legendary and Traditional.
BY
THE AUTHOR OF “TRADITIONS OF TIROL.”
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. H. CORBOULD.
LONDON:
GRIFFITH AND FARRAN,
SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS,
CORNER OF ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD.
MDCCCLXX.

CONTENTS.

       PAGE

  • Introduction        1

POPULAR.

  • Carlo Magno and the Giant        6
  • El Conde Sol        20
  • Simple Johnny and the Spell-bound Princesses        24
  • Turian and Floreta        45
  • The Blood-stain of the Alcázar of Seville        63
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">The Adventures of Doña Josefa Ramirez y Marmolejo        67
  • The Steeple of Coveña        89
  • Another Fair Maid of Zaragoza        96
  • Juanita the Bald; or, A Daughter’s Love        107
  • Starving John the Doctor        123
  • Ramon the Discontented        131
  • The Ballad-maker and the Boot-maker        140
  • El Clavel        143
  • The Ill-tempered Princess        148
  • The Hermit and the Fig-tree        159
  • Too Clever by Half        171
  • The Wind’s Story        173
  • What Ana saw in the Sunbeam        181
  • The Pedro Jimenez Grape        201
  • St. Martin in Spain        209
  • Marvellous
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    Stories. —I. St. Michael’s Feather        213 Marvellous ,, Stories. ,, II. “Eyes to the Blind”        214 Marvellous ,, Stories. ,, III. The Floating Chest        215 Marvellous ,, Stories. ,, IV. The Whale of the Manzanáres        216
  • The Sun of Wittenburg        218
  • Merino        219
  • LEGENDARY.

    • King Vamba        221
    • Doña Terea        228
    • The Irish Princess        234
    • El Conde Fernan Gonzalez        245
    • The First Tunny Fishing       
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  • “Where One can Dine, Two can Dine”        254
  • CABALLERESCO.

    • Hormesinda        261
    • Filial Love before all        265
    • Raguel; or, The Jewess of Toledo        276
    • Don Jaime de Aragon        283
    • Don Alonso de Aguilar        286
    • The Black Charger of Hernando        291
    • The Infante Don Henrique and the Lions        299
    • Blanca the Haughty        303

    MORESQUE.

    • Moorish Remnants. —I. Issy-ben-Aran        323 Moorish ,, Remnants. ,, II. Móstafa Alvilá        326 Moorish ,, Remnants. ,, III.
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    class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">The Emir in search of an Eye        329 Moorish ,, Remnants. ,, IV. Yussuf’s Friend        332 Moorish ,, Remnants. ,, V. The Sultana’s Perfumer-in-Chief        335
  • El Moro Santon        337
  • DE ULTRAMAR1.

    • Hernan Cortes in Sanctuary        340
    • Araucania the Indomitable. —I        343 Araucania ,, the ,, Indomitable. ,, II. Tegualda        351 Araucania ,, the ,, Indomitable. ,, III.
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    class="sc">Fiton’s Cave        360
  • Matanzas        370

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