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Title: Glories of Spain

Author: Charles W. Wood

Release Date: October 3, 2010 [EBook #33833]

Language: English

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GLORIES OF SPAIN

[Illustration: INTERIOR OF ZARAGOZA CATHEDRAL.]

GLORIES OF SPAIN

BY

CHARLES W. WOOD, F.R.G.S.,

AUTHOR OF

"LETTERS FROM MAJORCA," "IN THE VALLEY OF THE RHONE,"
ETC., ETC.

[Illustration]

WITH EIGHTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS.

London

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1901

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED.

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

AT THE GARE D'ORLEANS.

On Calais quay--At the Custom-house--A lady of the past--Ungallant
examiner--Better to reign than serve--Paris--Vanity Fair--Sowing and
reaping--Laughing through life--At the Hotel Chatham--A pleasant
picture--In maiden meditation--M. Pascal is wise in his generation--The
secrets of the Seine--Notre Dame--Ile St. Louis--A mediaeval
atmosphere--Victor Hugo--Ghosts of the Hotel Lambert--H. C. again--His
little comedy--M. the Inspector--Outraged ladies--"En voiture,
messieurs!"--Mystery not cleared--The Orleanais--La Vendee--Garden of
France--A dilemma--Polite Chef de Gare--Crossing the Garonne--Land of
corn and wine 1

CHAPTER II.

A NARBONNE HOSTESS.

Carcassonne--In feudal times--Simon de Montfort--Canal du Midi--L'age
d'or et le Grand Monarque--A modern Golden Fleece--One of earth's fair
scenes--Choice of evils--M. le Chef yields--Narbonne--A woman of
parts--The course of true love runs smooth--_Diner de contrat_--Honey
_versus the lune de miel_--Madame's philosophy--_L'Allee des
Soupirs_--An unfinished cathedral--At the gloaming hour--Mystery and
devotion--The Hotel de Ville--A domestic drama--High festival and
champagne--The next morning--H. C. repentant--Madame at her
post--Ambrosial