WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
Spanish Life in Town and Country cover

Spanish Life in Town and Country

Chapter 51: THE END
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

About This Book

The volume offers a compact, illustrated survey of social, cultural, and institutional life across Spain and Portugal, combining regional portraits with thematic chapters. It describes regional diversity, social types, urban life in Madrid and the court, popular amusements including bullfighting, the press and political institutions, commerce and agriculture, military and religious life, education, philanthropy, family and gender customs, and the arts and literature, concluding with reflections on Spain’s prospects; appended chapters treat Portuguese society and institutions.

  • Academies, 238, 243
  • Actors, 242
  • Agriculture, 167 et seq.
  • Alfonso XII., 28, 104, 144, 268, 273
  • Alfonso XIII., 98, 272
  • Amadeo, King, 143
  • American War, 192 et seq.
  • Amusements, 111 et seq.
  • Andaluces, 33
  • Andalucia, 33
  • Apostolic party, 9
  • Aragon, 29
  • Army, 183 et seq.
  • Art, 236 et seq.
  • Artillery, 187
  • Artistic furniture, 176
  • Arts and crafts, 175, 176
  • Asturian nurses, 27
  • Asturias, 26
  • Asturias, Princess of, 103, 219
  • Austrian kings, 15, 21, 22
  • Autos-da-fé, 18, 200, 201
  •  
  • Bank of Spain, 265
  • Barcelona, 266
  • Basque Provinces, 26, 27, 188
  • Basques, 28
  • Beggars, 226
  • Berwick y Alva, Duke of, 184
  • Bilbao, 11, 161, 177, 178, 266
  • Boletin de la Cámara de Comercio, 163, 265
  • Bueyes, 28
  • Bull-fighters, 126 et seq.
  • Bulls, 95 et seq.
  • Bureaucracy, 148, 156
  •  
  • Cabestros, 95
  • Caciqueism, 145, 148 et seq.
  • Cæsars, Spanish, 11, 12
  • Camarilla, 6
  • Campoamor, 61
  • Cánovas del Castillo, 136
  • Capital, 174, 175
  • Carlos, Don, 7, 9, 10
  • Carriages, 88-90
  • Casa de Campo, 84, 85
  • Castelar, 139 et seq.
  • Castellano, 266
  • Castile, 31
  • Castilians, 11, 25, 32
  • Catalans, 25
  • Cataluña, 17, 175, 266
  • Cats, 79 et seq.
  • Cervantes, 47, 48
  • Cervera, Admiral, 47, 190, 193
  • Cesantes, 145-147
  • Characteristics, 38 et seq., 260
  • Charitable institutions, 227
  • Charles III., 22
  • Charles V., 14
  • Children, 233
  • Church, the, 9, 199
  • Cigar industry, 177
  • Clerical question, 21, 221, 272
  • Climate of Madrid, 65 et seq.
  • Climates of Spain, 167, 170
  • Cock-fighting, 112
  • Colonies, 147
  • Commerce, 156 et seq.
  • Concas Palan, 190
  • Confessional, 218, 222, 223
  • Conscription, 188
  • Constitution, 154
  • Consumption, 67, 68
  • Costume, national, 78, 79
  • Courage, 42 et seq.
  • Court, 97 et seq.
  • Cristina, Queen, 9, 98
  • Cuba, 147, 195
  •  
  • Dance and song, 113 et seq.
  • Dances, modern, 58, 59
  • Dances, national, 112 et seq.
  • Dances, religious, 208
  • Daoiz y Valarde, 46
  • Democratic feeling, 6, 39
  • Dignity, 38
  • Donkeys, 90, 92
  • Dos de Mayo, 45
  • Drama, modern, 209, 240 et seq.
  • Dramas, religious, 209-212
  • Dress of Spanish women, 62
  •  
  • Echegaray, 241
  • Education, 159, 213
  • Electra, 219, 242
  • Electrical science, 214
  • Elephant and bull, 126
  • Emperors, Roman, 12
  • Empleomania, 145, 146, 152
  • Engineers, 214
  • Espinosa, Monteros de, 102
  • Estremadura, 32
  • Etiquette of Spanish Court, 100 et seq.
  • Exports, 177
  •  
  • Factories, 175, 176, 266
  • Ferdinand and Isabella, 5, 13, 15
  • Ferdinand VII., 8, 22
  • Feria of Seville, 34
  • Fertility of soil, 73
  • Fiestas, 116, 206
  • Flowers, 73
  • Folklore, 253 et seq.
  • Ford, 51
  • French influence, 173
  • Fuente Castellana, 78
  • Fueros, 10, 28, 188
  • Fueros of Aragon, 29
  •  
  • Gala procession, 108, 109
  • Galdós, 219, 248
  • Galicia, 25, 26
  • Gallegos, 26, 87
  • Games, national, 111
  • Gayangos, 246
  • Geographical features, 178
  • Gloriosa, La, 10, 262
  • Goths, 12, 24
  • Government, 142 et seq.
  • Government, local, 153
  • Grandes of Spain, 100
  • Guitar, 113, 238
  •  
  • Hippodrome, 62
  • Horse-racing, 125
  • Horses, 91 et seq.
  •  
  • Iberian rejon, 118
  • Iberian unity, 251
  • Incas, 18
  • Independence, War of, 45
  • Industries, 161, 263 et seq.
  • Infantas, 54, 103, 106
  • Influence of the Press, 129
  • Inquisition, 19, 199, 200, 271
  • Irrigated land, 172
  • Irrigation, 171 et seq.
  • Isabel II., 6, 53, 107, 207
  • Isabel la Católica, 5, 8, 15, 29, 270
  •  
  • Jaime, Don, 8
  • Jota Aragonesa, 114
  • Jesuits, 199, 213, 217, 218, 220 et seq., 272
  • Journalists, 130
  •  
  • King Alfonso XIII., 272, 273
  • Kings, Austrian, 21, 22
  • Kings, Bourbon, 8, 22, 118
  •  
  • Labour, 174
  • Lace, 165
  • Lagartijo, 122 et seq.
  • Land and people, 1
  • Land laws, 173
  • Landscape round Madrid, 71, 72
  • Land value, 172
  • Language, 266 et seq.
  • Literature, modern, 246 et seq.
  •  
  • Madrazo, 239, 244
  • Madrid, modern, 77
  • Madrid, old, 77
  • Mañana, 52, 74, 195, 197
  • Manners, 40
  • Mantilla, 79
  • Manufactures, 164, 165, 175 et seq.
  • Manzanares, 83
  • Marriage customs, 229 et seq.
  • Medical science, 215
  • Meetings, political, 138
  • Mendizábal, 9, 23
  • Metal work, 176
  • Military system, 183 et seq.
  • Mineral wealth, 160 et seq.
  • Montpensier, Duke of, 104 et seq.
  • Moors, 17 et seq.
  • Mules, 90, 188, 255
  • Music, 81, 236
  •  
  • Narvaez, 249
  • National feeling, 184, 185, 193
  • National games, 31
  • Navy, 47, 189 et seq.
  • Newspapers, 132 et seq.
  • Nicknames, 106
  • Noche Buena, 108
  •  
  • Orders, religious, 203, 213, 219, 221, 272
  • Ostriches, 85
  • Outlook, 260 et seq.
  • Oxen, draught, 94
  •  
  • Pacing horses, 90
  • Painters, 239 et seq.
  • Palace Royal, 61
  • Palaciö, 23
  • Pardo Bazan, 251
  • Pardo, el, 85
  • Parque de Madrid, 71
  • Pasos, 210
  • Passion plays, 209, 212
  • Pavía, 140
  • Pavo, pelando el, 230
  • Peasants, 24 et seq.
  • Pelayo, 61
  • Pelota, 31, 111
  • People, 38 et seq.
  • Philip II., 16, 202, 271
  • Pigs, 166, 167
  • Poetry, 114, 268
  • Politeness, national, 39, 40, 51, 52
  • Political parties, 7, 134 et seq.
  • Politicians, 50, 135
  • Pollos and pollas, 88, 89
  • Ports and harbours, 178
  • Pottery, 175, 176
  • Poverty, 226
  • Press, 129 et seq.
  • Priesthood, 199, 218
  • Prim, 142-144
  • Procrastination, 52
  • Productive land, 172
  • Pronunciamientos, 144, 145, 147, 186
  • Protestants, 216
  • Pyrenees, 25, 30
  •  
  • Queen Cristina, 97, 98, 103
  • Queen Mercédes, 97, 106
  • Quemadero, 20, 201
  • Quijote, Don, 48
  • Quixotic characteristics, 48
  •  
  • Race, 24
  • Railways, 157 et seq.
  • Regent, 9, 98, 145
  • Religion, 37, 109, 198 et seq.
  • Republic, 139, 141
  • Restoration, 144
  • Revolution, 10, 262
  • Rice, 161
  • Riding, 89
  • Roads, 180
  • Roman Spain, 11, 12
  • Romero Robledo, 136, 137
  •  
  • Sagasta, 151
  • Sala, 33
  • Salic Law, 8, 9
  • Schools, 159, 160
  • Seises, los, 208, 209
  • Sericulture, 164
  • Serrano, 105
  • Sheep, merino, 32, 166
  • Shipping, 178
  • Silk manufactures, 16, 164
  • Silvela, 151
  • Smoking, 36, 60
  • Society, 55 et seq.
  • Songs, 33, 81, 82, 114, 238
  • Songs and dancing, 114
  • Spanish-American War, I, 192 et seq.
  • Sugar industry, 168
  • Superstitions popular, 102, 205, 233
  •  
  • Teatro Real, 62
  • Telegraphic system, 181
  • Terror of 1824, 22
  • Tertulia, 56 et seq.
  • Theatres, 62, 116
  • Tobacco, 177
  • Toledo, 15
  • Toothpicks, 63
  • Toreros, 121
  • Tribunal de las Aguas, 34
  •  
  • Universities, 159
  • Usted, de, 98
  •  
  • Valencia, 34
  • Valera, Juan, 61
  • Velo, 79
  • Verse-making, 257
  • Virgin, 37, 203
  •  
  • War of Independence, 45 et seq.
  • War, Spanish-American, 1, 192 et seq.
  • Wars, Carlist, 9
  • Water, want of, 169
  • Wellington, Duke of, 26
  • Weyler, General, 186
  • Wines, 162 et seq.
  • Women, 53, 62, 229 et seq., 249
  • Wood-carving, 176
  • Woollen manufactures, 164
  • Working men, 21, 83, 241, 261
  •  
  • Zarzuela, 116
  • Zorilla, 122, 252
  • Zortico zorisco, 115

PORTUGUESE LIFE

  • Agriculture, 301, 302
  • Aloes, 301
  • Amanhã, 280
  • Amusements, 296, 302
  • Army, 298
  • Artisan class, 292
  •  
  • Bacalhao, 294
  • Bargaining, love of, 287
  • Brazilian elements, 287-291
  • Bull-fighting, 307 et seq.
  •  
  • Camoens, 281
  • Characteristics, 278 et seq., 284, 285
  • Charities, 296
  • Chula, 296
  • Cleanliness, 289
  • Coimbra, 283
  • Costumes, 285, 300
  • Customs, 285
  •  
  • Dances, 296
  • Decorations and forms of address, 289
  •  
  • Fish, 294
  • Fish-girls, 293
  • Funerals, 306
  •  
  • Gallegos, 292
  • Gallenga, 293
  • Government, local, 310
  •  
  • Insects, 290
  • Institutions, 298
  • Intellectual life, 281
  •  
  • Land and people, 277
  • Language, 283
  • Laws, 312
  • Lisbon, 281
  • Londonderry, Lord, 277
  •  
  • Manners and morality, 289
  • Medical training, 288
  • Military system, 298
  • Mineral wealth, 281
  • Moustachios, ladies', 286
  •  
  • National fare, 294
  • Navy, 299
  • Newspapers, 284
  •  
  • Octroi duties, 295
  • Oporto, 293
  • Oxen, 300
  •  
  • Peninsular War, 277
  • Police, 311
  • Postal service, 284
  • Prisons, 313
  •  
  • Religion, 304, 305 et seq.
  •  
  • Scenery, 285
  • Servants, 290
  • Society, 286
  •  
  • University, 283
  •  
  • Wages, 292
  • Wealth, 292
  • Wealth, mineral, 281
  • Women, 285, 287, 307

THE END