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Title: The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe

Author: Samuel Irenæus Prime

Release date: April 6, 2021 [eBook #65004]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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THE GENERALIFFE.

THE
 
Alhambra and the Kremlin.

THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH
OF EUROPE.
BY
SAMUEL IRENÆUS PRIME,
AUTHOR OF “TRAVELS IN EUROPE AND THE EAST.”
NEW YORK:
ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH & COMPANY,
770 Broadway.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by
ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH AND COMPANY,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Press of
JOHN WILSON AND SON,
Cambridge.
Bindery of
ROBERT RUTTER,
82 and 84 Beekman St.,
New York.
TO
MRS. E’LOUISA L. PRIME
THIS VOLUME
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
Decorative illustration

The South and the North of Europe are contrasted in this volume. Not by any formal comparison of the morals and manners, the institutions and condition of the peoples in different latitudes, but by candid statement and description, I have sought to give a fair view of life as it is in Spain and Scandinavia.

Since the journey was made, the Queen of Spain has fled, and the Emperor of France has perished from among men. But the social life of the nations remains the same from age to age.

The Alhambra is a type of the South. The Kremlin is a symbol of the North. Both of them are fortresses enclosing palaces: the glory of Spain in ruins, the pride of the North in its strength and beauty.

Vague and indefinite ideas of these wonderful edifices, and of the countries they represent, have been entertained by many, who may find in these pages pictures of things as they are, which the writer trusts are faithful and portable.

List of Illustrations

List of Illustrations.

The Generaliffe Frontispiece.
 
Bridge, Gateway, and Cathedral of Burgos 16
 
The Cid 17
 
The Escorial 22
 
The Royal Palace, Madrid 40
 
Toledo 54
 
The Alcazar 59
 
Cordova 82
 
Court of Oranges, Cordova 87
 
The Great Mosque, Cordova 89
 
“La Geralda,” Seville 93
 
She wept and told her Beads 96
 
The Bull-Fight 101
 
The Picador 106
 
In the Alameda, at Malaga 118
 
The Diligence 125
 
Outer Wall of the Alhambra 130
 
Portion of a Door 138
 
The Vermilion Tower 142
 
The Alhambra 156
 
Geneva and the Rhone 166
 
Merle d’Aubigné 167
 
D’Aubigné’s Birthplace and Residence 169
 
Lausanne, and the Lake of Geneva 171
 
Castle of Chillon 173
 
The Lake and City of Geneva 175
 
Cathedral and Platform at Berne 182
 
On the Lake of Thun 184
 
Pilatus, Lake of Lucerne 190
 
Monument to the Swiss Guard. (By Thorvaldsen) 195
 
Tell’s Chapel, Lake of Lucerne 198
 
Swiss Horn Blowers 211
 
Peasants of Eastern Switzerland 212
 
Female Costumes in Appenzell 217
 
Death of the Chamois 231
 
On the Rhine 241
 
Aix-la-Chapelle 245
 
Frankfort Dining-Table 269
 
Polish Peasants 283
 
Scene at Railway Station 294
 
A Rainy Day in a Russian City 309
 
Street Scene in a Russian City 315
 
A Russian Porter 321
 
The Kremlin 331
 
Plan of the Centre of Moskva City 335
 
The Russo-Greek Service 342
 
Helsingfors 383
 
Stockholm Steamers 396
 
Upsala 413
 
Costumes of Sweden 421
 
Roxen Locks 435
 
Travelling in Carioles in Norway 457
 
Palace of Frederiksberg 462
 
A Domestic Scene in Denmark 469
 
Façade of the Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen 471
 
Portrait of Thorvaldsen. (By Horace Vernet) 473
 
Hamburg 480
 
Home Again 482