| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| PREFACE | v | |
| I. | CHARACTERISTICS | 1 |
| II. | POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT | 25 |
| III. | LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY | 41 |
| IV. | RELIGION AND EDUCATION | 61 |
| V. | A LAND OF FLOWERS | 76 |
| VI. | CONVENTS AND PALACES | 88 |
| VII. | HISTORICAL SURVEY | 107 |
| VIII. | LITERATURE | 133 |
| IX. | PLAYS—GIL VICENTE | 152 |
| X. | POLITICS AND THE PRESS | 164 |
| XI. | FROM MONARCHY TO REPUBLIC | 183 |
| XII. | RECENT EVENTS | 199 |
| XIII. | GREAT BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL | 216 |
| XIV. | PORTUGAL OF THE FUTURE | 229 |
| GLOSSARY | 259 | |
| INDEX | 263 | |
| MAP | end of book |