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OUR EUROPEAN
NEIGHBOURS
EDITED BY
WILLIAM HARBUTT DAWSON
SPANISH LIFE IN TOWN AND
COUNTRY
"IN CHURCH." SHOWING THE MANTILLA AND VELOSPANISH LIFE
IN TOWN AND
COUNTRY
By L. HIGGIN
WITH CHAPTERS ON
PORTUGUESE LIFE IN TOWN AND
COUNTRY, BY EUGÈNE E. STREET
ILLUSTRATED
G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1904
Copyright, 1902
by
G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS
Published, May, 1902
Reprinted, February, 1903
May, 1904; September, 1904
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
NOTE BY THE EDITOR
It has been thought well to include Portugal in this volume, so as toembrace the entire Iberian Peninsula. Though geographically contiguous,and so closely associated in the popular mind, the Spanish andPortuguese nations offer in fact the most striking divergences alike incharacter and institutions, and separate treatment was essential injustice to each country. The preferential attention given to Spain isonly in keeping with the more prominent part she has played, and may yetplay, in the history of civilisation.
I am indebted for the chapters on Portugal to Mr. Eugène E. Street,whose long and intimate acquaintance with the land and its peoplerenders him peculiarly fitted to draw their picture.
L. HIGGIN.
