The Alhambra

THE AUTHOR'S FAREWELL TO GRANADA

My serene and happy reign in the Alhambra was suddenly brought to a close by letters which reached me, while indulging in oriental luxury in the cool hall of the baths, summoning me away from my Moslem elysium, to mingle once more in the bustle and business of the dusty world. How was I to encounter its toils and turmoils, after such a life of repose and reverie! How was I to endure its commonplace, after the poetry of the Alhambra!

But little preparation was necessary for my departure. A two-wheeled vehicle, called a tartana, very much resembling a covered cart, was to be the travelling equipage of a young Englishman and myself through Murcia, to Alicant and Valencia, on our way to France; and a long-limbed varlet, who had been a contrabandista, and, for aught I knew, a robber, was to be our guide and guard. The preparations were soon made, but the departure was the difficulty. Day after day was it postponed; day after day was spent in lingering about my favourite haunts, and day after day they appeared more delightful in my eyes.

The social and domestic little world also, in which I had been moving, had become singularly endeared to me; and the concern evinced by them at my intended departure, convinced me that my kind feelings were reciprocated. Indeed, when at length the day arrived, I did not dare venture upon a leave-taking at the good dame Antonia's; I saw the soft heart of little Dolores, at least, was brim full and ready for an overflow. So I bade a silent adieu to the palace and its inmates, and descended into the city as if intending to return. There, however, the tartana and the guide were ready; so, after taking a noon-day's repast with my fellow-traveller at the Posada, I set out with him on our journey.

Humble was the cortège and melancholy the departure of El Rey Chico the Second! Manuel, the nephew of Tia Antonia, Mateo, my officious but now disconsolate squire, and two or three old invalids of the Alhambra with whom I had grown into gossiping companionship, had come down to see me off; for it is one of the good old customs of Spain to sally forth several miles to meet a coming friend, and to accompany him as far on his departure. Thus then we set out, our long-legged guard striding ahead, with his escopeta on his shoulder; Manuel and Mateo on each side of the tartana, and the old invalids behind.

At some little distance to the north of Granada, the road gradually ascends the hills; here I alighted and walked up slowly with Manuel, who took this occasion to confide to me the secret of his heart and of all those tender concerns between himself and Dolores, with which I had been already informed by the all-knowing and all-revealing Mateo Ximenes. His doctor's diploma had prepared the way for their union, and nothing more was wanting but the dispensation of the Pope, on account of their consanguinity. Then, if he could get the post of Medico of the fortress, his happiness would be complete! I congratulated him on the judgment and good taste he had shown in his choice of a helpmate; invoked all possible felicity on their union, and trusted that the abundant affections of the kind-hearted little Dolores would in time have more stable objects to occupy them than recreant cats and truant pigeons.

It was indeed a sorrowful parting when I took leave of these good people and saw them slowly descend the hills; now and then turning round to wave me a last adieu. Manuel, it is true, had cheerful prospects to console him, but poor Mateo seemed perfectly cast down. It was to him a grievous fall from the station of prime minister and historiographer, to his old brown cloak and his starveling mystery of ribbon-weaving; and the poor devil, notwithstanding his occasional officiousness, had, somehow or other, acquired a stronger hold on my sympathies than I was aware of. It would have really been a consolation in parting, could I have anticipated the good fortune in store for him, and to which I had contributed; for the importance I had appeared to give to his tales and gossip and local knowledge, and the frequent companionship in which I had indulged him in the course of my strolls, had elevated his idea of his own qualifications and opened a new career to him; and the son of the Alhambra has since become its regular and well-paid cicerone; insomuch that I am told he has never been obliged to resume the ragged old brown cloak in which I first found him.

Towards sunset I came to where the road wound into the mountains, and here I paused to take a last look at Granada. The hill on which I stood commanded a glorious view of the city, the Vega, and the surrounding mountains. It was at an opposite point of the compass from La cuesta de las lagrimas (the hill of tears) noted for the "last sigh of the Moor." I now could realize something of the feelings of poor Boabdil when he bade adieu to the paradise he was leaving behind, and beheld before him a rugged and sterile road conducting him to exile.

The setting sun as usual shed a melancholy effulgence on the ruddy towers of the Alhambra. I could faintly discern the balconied window of the tower of Comares, where I had indulged in so many delightful reveries. The bosky groves and gardens about the city were richly gilded with the sunshine, the purple haze of a summer evening was gathering over the Vega; everything was lovely, but tenderly and sadly so, to my parting gaze.

"I will hasten from this prospect," thought I, "before the sun is set. I will carry away a recollection of it clothed in all its beauty."

With these thoughts I pursued my way among the mountains. A little further and Granada, the Vega, and the Alhambra, were shut from my view; and thus ended one of the pleasantest dreams of a life, which the reader perhaps may think has been but too much made up of dreams.

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THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON.

TWELVE STORIES AND A DREAM.

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TONO-BUNGAY.

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MIRANDA OF THE BALCONY.

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MARSHFIELD THE OBSERVER.

By AGNES and EGERTON CASTLE

THE BATH COMEDY.

THE PRIDE OF JENNICO. Being a Memoir of Captain Basil Jennico.

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25. THE HOUSEHOLD OF PETER. 21st Thousand.

26. NO FRIEND LIKE A SISTER. 21st Thousand.

27. THE ANGEL OF FORGIVENESS. 20th Thousand.

28. THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE HILL. 18th Thousand.

29. THE KEY OF THE UNKNOWN. 15th Thousand.

THE NOVELS AND TALES OF CHARLOTTE M. YONGE

THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE. With Illustrations by Kate Greenaway.

HEARTSEASE; or, the Brother's Wife. New Edition. With Illustrations by Kate Greenaway.

HOPES AND FEARS; or, Scenes from the Life of a Spinster. With Illustrations by Herbert Gandy.

DYNEVOR TERRACE; or, the Clue of Life. With Illustrations by Adrian Stokes.

THE DAISY CHAIN; or, Aspirations. A Family Chronicle. With Illustrations by J. P. Atkinson.

THE TRIAL: More Links of the Daisy Chain. With Illustrations by J. P. Atkinson.

THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE; or, Under Wode, under Rode. Two Vols. With Illustrations by Herbert Gandy.

THE YOUNG STEPMOTHER; or, a Chronicle of Mistakes. With Illustrations by Marian Huxley.

THE CLEVER WOMAN OF THE FAMILY. With Illustrations by Adrian Stokes.

THE THREE BRIDES. With Illustrations by Adrian Stokes.

MY YOUNG ALCIDES: A Faded Photograph. With Illustrations by Adrian Stokes.

THE CAGED LION. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

THE DOVE IN THE EAGLE'S NEST. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

THE CHAPLET OF PEARLS; or, the White and Black Ribaumont. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

LADY HESTER; or, Ursula's Narrative; and THE DANVERS PAPERS. With Illustrations by Jane E. Cook.

MAGNUM BONUM; or, Mother Carey's Brood. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

LOVE AND LIFE: an Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

UNKNOWN TO HISTORY. A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

THE ARMOURER'S 'PRENTICES. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

SCENES AND CHARACTERS; or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

CHANTRY HOUSE. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

A MODERN TELEMACHUS. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

BYWORDS. A collection of Tales new and old.

BEECHCROFT AT ROCKSTONE.

MORE BYWORDS.

A REPUTED CHANGELING; or, Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago.

THE LITTLE DUKE, RICHARD THE FEARLESS. With Illustrations.

THE LANCES OF LYNWOOD. With Illustrations by J. B.

THE PRINCE AND THE PAGE: A Story of the Last Crusade. With Illustrations by Adrian Stokes.

TWO PENNILESS PRINCESSES. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

THAT STICK.

AN OLD WOMAN'S OUTLOOK IN A HAMPSHIRE VILLAGE.

GRISLY GRISELL; or, The Laidly Lady of Whitburn. A Tale of the Wars of the Roses.

HENRIETTA'S WISH. Second Edition.

THE LONG VACATION.

THE RELEASE; or, Caroline's French Kindred.

THE PILGRIMAGE OF THE BEN BERIAH.

THE TWO GUARDIANS; or, Home in this World. Second Edition.

COUNTESS KATE AND THE STOKESLEY SECRET.

MODERN BROODS; or, Developments Unlooked for.

STROLLING PLAYERS: A Harmony of Contrasts. By C. M. Yonge and C. R. Coleridge.

STRAY PEARLS. Memoirs of Margaret de Ribaumont, Viscountess of Bellaise. With Illustrations by W. J. Hennessy.

Works by Mrs. Craik

Olive: A Novel. With Illustrations by G. Bowers.

Agatha's Husband: A Novel. With Illustrations by Walter Crane.

The Head of the Family: A Novel. With Illustrations by Walter Crane.

Two Marriages.

The Laurel Bush.

King Arthur: Not a Love Story.

About Money, and other Things.

Concerning Men, and other Papers.

Works by Mrs. Oliphant

Neighbours on the Green.

Kirsteen: the Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago.

A Beleaguered City: A Story of the Seen and the Unseen.

Hester: a Story of Contemporary Life.

He that Will Not when He May.

The Railway Man and his Children.

The Marriage of Elinor.

Sir Tom.

The Heir-Presumptive and the Heir-Apparent.

A Country Gentleman and his Family.

A Son of the Soil.

The Second Son.

The Wizard's Son: A Novel.

Lady William.

Young Musgrave.

The Works of Dean Farrar

SEEKERS AFTER GOD. The Lives of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius.

ETERNAL HOPE. Sermons preached in Westminster Abbey.

THE FALL OF MAN: and other Sermons.

THE WITNESS OF HISTORY TO CHRIST.

THE SILENCE AND VOICES OF GOD, with other Sermons.

"IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH." Sermons on Practical Subjects.

SAINTLY WORKERS. Five Lenten Lectures.

EPHPHATHA; or, the Amelioration of the World.

MERCY AND JUDGMENT: a few last words on Christian Eschatology.

SERMONS & ADDRESSES DELIVERED IN AMERICA.

THE WORKS OF
Frederick Denison Maurice

SERMONS PREACHED IN LINCOLN'S INN CHAPEL, In five vols.

SERMONS PREACHED IN COUNTRY CHURCHES.

CHRISTMAS DAY: and other Sermons.

THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS.

THE PROPHETS and KINGS of the OLD TESTAMENT.

THE PATRIARCHS AND LAWGIVERS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN.

THE EPISTLES OF ST. JOHN.

THE FRIENDSHIP OF BOOKS: and other Lectures.

THE PRAYER BOOK AND THE LORD'S PRAYER.

THE DOCTRINE OF SACRIFICE. Deduced from the Scriptures.

THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST; or, Hints to a Quaker respecting the Principles, Constitution, and Ordinances of the Catholic Church. 2 vols.

By J. H. SHORTHOUSE

JOHN INGLESANT: A Romance.

SIR PERCIVAL: a Story of the Past and of the Present.

THE LITTLE SCHOOLMASTER MARK.

THE COUNTESS EVE.

A TEACHER OF THE VIOLIN.

BLANCHE, LADY FALAISE.

By GERTRUDE ATHERTON

THE CONQUEROR.

A DAUGHTER OF THE VINE.

THE CALIFORNIANS.

By HUGH CONWAY

A FAMILY AFFAIR.

By W. CLARK RUSSELL

MAROONED.

By ANNIE KEARY

A YORK AND A LANCASTER ROSE.

CASTLE DALY: the Story of an Irish Home thirty years ago.

JANET'S HOME.

OLDBURY.

A DOUBTING HEART.

THE NATIONS AROUND ISRAEL.

By GEORGE BORROW

LAVENGRO.

By THOMAS HUGHES

TOM BROWN'S SCHOOLDAYS.

TOM BROWN AT OXFORD.

THE SCOURING OF THE WHITE HORSE.

ALFRED THE GREAT.

By ARCHIBALD FORBES

BARRACKS, BIVOUACS, AND BATTLES.

By MONTAGU WILLIAMS

LEAVES OF A LIFE.

ROUND LONDON.

By E. WERNER

FICKLE FORTUNE.

By W. E. NORRIS

THIRLBY HALL.

A BACHELOR'S BLUNDER.

The Works of SHAKESPEARE

VICTORIA EDITION. In Three Volumes.

Vol. I. Comedies.

Vol. II. Histories.

Vol. III. Tragedies.

UNIFORM EDITION OF THE
NOVELS OF CHARLES LEVER

With all the Original Illustrations.

1. HARRY LORREQUER. Illustrated by Phiz.

2. CHARLES O'MALLEY. Illustrated by Phiz.

3. JACK HINTON THE GUARDSMAN. Illustrated by Phiz.

4. TOM BURKE OF OURS. Illustrated by Phiz.

5. ARTHUR O'LEARY. Illustrated by G. Cruikshank.

6. LORD KILGOBBIN. Illustrated by Luke Fildes.

By W. WARDE FOWLER

A YEAR WITH THE BIRDS. Illustrated.

TALES OF THE BIRDS. Illustrated.

MORE TALES OF THE BIRDS. Illustrated.

SUMMER STUDIES OF BIRDS AND BOOKS.

By FRANK BUCKLAND

CURIOSITIES OF NATURAL HISTORY. Illustrated. In four volumes:

First Series—Rats, Serpents, Fishes, Frogs, Monkeys, etc.

Second Series—Fossils, Bears, Wolves, Cats, Eagles, Hedgehogs, Eels, Herrings, Whales.

Third Series—Wild Ducks, Fishing, Lions, Tigers, Foxes, Porpoises.

Fourth Series—Giants, Mummies, Mermaids, Wonderful People, Salmon, etc.

Works by Various Authors

Hogan, M.P.

Flitters, Tatters, and the Counsellor

The New Antigone

Memories of Father Healy

Canon ATKINSON.—The Last of the Giant Killers

—Playhours and Half-Holidays; or, further Experiences of Two Schoolboys

Sir S. BAKER.—True Tales for my Grandsons

R. H. BARHAM.—The Ingoldsby Legends

Rev. R. H. D. BARHAM.—Life of Theodore Hook

BLENNERHASSET AND SLEEMAN.—Adventures in Mashonaland

LANOE FALCONER.—Cecilia de Noël

W. FORBES-MITCHELL.—Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny

Rev. J. GILMORE.—Storm Warriors

MARY LINSKILL.—Tales of the North Riding

S. R. LYSAGHT.—The Marplot

—One of the Grenvilles

M. M'LENNAN.—Muckle Jock, and other Stories

G. MASSON.—A Compendious Dictionary of the French Language

Major GAMBIER PARRY.—The Story of Dick

E. C. PRICE.—In the Lion's Mouth

Lord REDESDALE.—Tales of Old Japan

W. C. RHOADES.—John Trevennick

MARCHESA THEODOLI.—Under Pressure

ANTHONY TROLLOPE.—The Three Clerks

CHARLES WHITEHEAD.—Richard Savage

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Edited by JOHN MORLEY.

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III. Byron. By Professor Nichol. Shelley. By J. A. Symonds. Keats. By Sidney Colvin.

IV. Charles Lamb. By Canon Ainger. Addison. By W. J. Courthope. Swift. By Sir Leslie Stephen, K.C.B.

V. Scott. By R. H. Hutton. Burns. By Principal Shairp. Coleridge. By H. D. Traill.

VI. Hume. By Prof. Huxley, F.R.S. Locke. By Thos. Fowler. Burke. By John Morley.

VII. Defoe. By W. Minto. Sterne. By H. D. Traill. Hawthorne. By Henry James.

VIII. Fielding. By Austin Dobson. Thackeray. By Anthony Trollope. Dickens. By Dr. A. W. Ward.

IX. Gibbon. By J. C. Morison. Carlyle. By Professor Nichol. Macaulay. By J. C. Morison.

X. Sydney. By J. A. Symonds. De Quincey. By Prof. Masson. Sheridan. By Mrs. Oliphant.

XI. Pope. By Sir Leslie Stephen, K.C.B. Johnson. By Sir Leslie Stephen, K.C.B. Gray. By Edmund Gosse.

XII. Bacon. By Dean Church. Bunyan. By J. A. Froude. Bentley. By Sir Richard Jebb.

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*Cowper's Poetical Works. Edited, with Biographical Introduction and Notes by W. Benham, B.D.

Robinson Crusoe. Edited after the original Edition, with a Biographical Introduction by Henry Kingsley, F.R.G.S.

*Dryden's Poetical Works. Edited, with a Memoir, Revised Texts, and Notes, by W. D. Christie, M.A.

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Horace. Rendered into English Prose, with Introduction, Running Analysis, Notes, and Index. By J. Lonsdale, M.A., and S. Lee, M.A.

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Emma.

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Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.

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Popular Tales.

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Parent's Assistant.

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Japhet in Search of a Father.

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Peter Simple.

Midshipman Easy.

The King's Own.

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Snarley-yow.

Poor Jack.

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Newton Forster.

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Misfortunes Of Elphin And Rhododaphne.

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Handy Andy. By Samuel Lover. Illustrated by H. M. Brock. With Introduction by Charles Whibley.

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Sybil, or The Two Nations, etc. By Benjamin Disraeli. Illustrated by F. Pegram. With Introduction by H. D. Traill.

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Gulliver's Travels. With Introduction by Sir Henry Craik, K.C.B., and 100 Illustrations by C. E. Brock.

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Household Stories. By the Brothers Grimm. Translated by Lucy Crane. With Pictures by Walter Crane.

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