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HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELLERS IN SPAIN.





PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.




CONTENTS.

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§ 1. SPAIN AND SPANIARDS [2]
§ 2. PASSPORTS [3]
§ 3. CUSTOM HOUSES [3]
§ 4. SPANISH MONEY AND MEASURES [4]
§ 5. STEAM COMMUNICATIONS [7]
§ 6. RAILWAY AND ROADS—DILIGENCES—BAGGAGE—HORSES AND MULES [8]
§ 7. POST-OFFICE AND LETTERS [11]
§ 8. TELEGRAPH OFFICE AND TELEGRAMS [11]
§ 9. SPANISH INNS: FONDA, POSADA, VENTA—BOATS AND PUBLIC CARRIAGES [12]
§ 10. SPANISH ROBBERS—NEW POLICE—CIVIL GUARDS [14]
§ 11. POPULATION AND REVENUE—EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS, &c. [15]
§ 12. HINTS TO INVALIDS—CLIMATE [15]
§ 13. MINERAL SPRINGS AND SEA-BATHING [16]
§ 14. TOURS IN SPAIN [17]

a. Grand Tour, p. [18].—b. A Two-Months’ Tour through Spain, p. [19].—c. Riding Tour in Spain. p. [19].—d. A Summer’s Tour in North Spain, p. [21].—e. Shooting and Fishing, p. [21.]—f. A Religious-Festival Tour, p. [22].—g. An Artistical Tour, p. [22].—h. Botany, p. [23].—i. Antiquarian, p. [23].—k. Ecclesiological: parts of a Spanish church, p. [23].—l. Dilettante, Sculpture, p. [26].

§ 15. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES [30]
§ 16. SPANISH LANGUAGE. Practical Sentences and Phrases [34]
§ 17. HINTS OF CONDUCT—TRAVELLING COMPANIONS [36]
§ 18. THE SPANISH SCHOOL OF PAINTING [42]
§ 19. SPANISH ARCHITECTURE [53]
§ 20. SPANISH LITERATURE [57]
§ 21. GEOLOGY AND MINERALS [63]
§ 22. BULL-FIGHTS [65]
§ 23. PHYSICAL AND MILITARY GEOGRAPHY OF THE PENINSULA [73]
§ 24. MAPS [74]
§ 25. EVANGELICAL WORKS IN SPAIN [75]
[Spain.—1882.]
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