the natives of different European countries are assumed by
old legends to proceed thus:--

"Der Frantzose wie ein Adler,
Der Deutsche wie ein Baer,
Der Italianer wie ein Fuchs,
Der Spanier wie ein Elephant,
Der Engellaender wie ein Loew."[2]

To some, and but few, Spanish architects was it given to see ended what
they commenced, and even such favourites of fortune generally suffered
from a curtailment of their too ambitious designs.

I could not but feel, in looking at the works of Herrera, and indeed at
those of several other men, such as Diego de Siloe, Gil de Ontanon,
Henrique de Egas, Alonso Covarrubbias, and Juan de Badajoz, that there
exists for architecture a just mean between their frequent extravagance,
and the sordid and shabby spirit in which we from time to time approach
the question of expenditure upon "public works." The economy which
consists in sobriety and simplicity of parts, especially in structures
destined to subserve ordinary uses, is as much to be admired, as the
economy which aims at the combination of magnificence with
"cheese-paring" is to be deprecated and despised.

CONTENTS

PLATE I. BURGOS.

The Arco de Santa Maria

PLATE II. BURGOS.

Casa de Miranda

PLATE III. VALLADOLID.

College of San Gregorio

PLATE IV. VALLADOLID.

Patio de San Gregorio

PLATE V. VALLADOLID.

Patio de San Gregorio

PLATE VI. VALLADOLID.

Small Patio, Colegio de San Gregorio

PLATE VII. VALLADOLID.

La Casa del Infantado

PLATE VIII. VALLADOLID.

Church of San Isidro

PLATE IX. LEON.

Convent of San Marcos

PLATE X. LEON.

Cloister of the Convent of San Marcos

PLATE XI. LEON.

Exterior of the Casa de Los Gusmanes

PLATE XII. LEON.

Patio of the Casa de Los Gusmanes

PLATE XIII. LEON.

Detail from a House in the Calle de La Tesoriera

PLATE XIV. SALAMANCA.

Exterior of the Casa de Las Conchas

PLATE XV. SALAMANCA.

Patio of the Casa de Las Conchas

PLATE XVI. SALAMANCA.

Staircase of the Casa de Las Conchas

PLATE XVII. SALAMANCA.

Window from the Casa de Las Conchas

PLATE XVIII. SALAMANCA.

Window in the Patio of the Casa de Las Conchas

PLATE XIX. SALAMANCA.

External Window of the Casa de Las Conchas

PLATE XX. SALAMANCA.

Exterior of the Casa Monterey

PLATE XXI. SALAMANCA.

Renaissance House opposite San Benito

PLATE XXII. SALAMANCA.

Renaissance House in the Calle del Aguila

PLATE XXIII. AVILA.

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