[Cover: Castilian Days]

SEGOVIA FROM THECORNER TOWER

CASTILIAN DAYS

BY JOHN HAY

WITH ILLUSTRATIONSBY JOSEPH PENNELL

BOSTON AND NEW YORKHOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT 1871 AND1899 BY JOHN HAY

COPYRIGHT 1903 BYHOUGHTON, MIFFLIN 8t CO.

ALL RIGHTSRESERVED

Published November1903

PUBLISHERS'NOTE

IN this HolidayEdition of Castilian Days it has been thought advisable toomit a few chapters that appeared in the original edition. Thesechapters were less descriptive than the rest of the book, and notso rich in the picturesque material which the art of theillustrator demands. Otherwise, the text is reprinted withoutchange. The illustrations are the fruit of a special visit whichMr. Pennell has recently made to Castile for thispurpose.

BOSTON, AUTUMN,1903

CONTENTS

MADRID ALFRESCO

SPANISH LIVING ANDDYING

INFLUENCE OFTRADITION IN SPANISH LIFE

TAUROMACHY

RED-LETTERDAYS

AN HOUR WITH THEPAINTERS

A CASTLE IN THEAIR

THE CITY OF THEVISIGOTHS

THEESCORIAL

A MIRACLEPLAY

THE CRADLE AND THEGRAVE OF CERVANTES

LIST OFILLUSTRATIONS

The Cathedral ofToledo

Segovia from theCorner Tower

The St.Christopher of Toledo

Inn ofCervantes, Toledo

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