Chapter I: Front Matter

PATRAÑAS;
OR
SPANISH STORIES,
Legendary and Traditional.

BY
THE AUTHOR OF "TRADITIONS OF TIROL."

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. H. CORBOULD.

LONDON:
GRIFFITH AND FARRAN,
SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS,
CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.
MDCCCLXX.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Introduction 1

POPULAR.

Carlo Magno and the Giant 6
El Conde Sol 20
Simple Johnny and the Spell-bound Princesses 24
Turian and Floreta 45
The Blood-stain of the Alcázar of Seville 63
The Adventures of Doña Josefa Ramirez y Marmolejo 67
The Steeple of Coveña 89
Another Fair Maid of Zaragoza 96
Juanita the Bald; or, A Daughter's Love 107
Starving John the Doctor 123
Ramon the Discontented 131
The Ballad-maker and the Boot-maker 140
El Clavel 143
The Ill-tempered Princess 148
The Hermit and the Fig-tree 159
Too Clever by Half 171
The Wind's Story 173
What Ana saw in the Sunbeam 181
The Pedro Jimenez Grape 201
St. Martin in Spain 209
Marvellous Stories. --I. St. Michael's Feather 213
Marvellous Stories. II. "Eyes to the Blind" 214
Marvellous Stories. III. The Floating Chest 215
Marvellous Stories. IV. The Whale of the Manzanáres 216
The Sun of Wittenburg 218
Merino 219

LEGENDARY.

King Vamba 221
Doña Terea 228
The Irish Princess 234
El Conde Fernan Gonzalez 245
The First Tunny Fishing 249
"Where One can Dine, Two can Dine" 254

CABALLERESCO.

Hormesinda 261
Filial Love before all 265
Raguel; or, The Jewess of Toledo 276
Don Jaime de Aragon 283
Don Alonso de Aguilar 286
The Black Charger of Hernando 291
The Infante Don Henrique and the Lions 299
Blanca the Haughty 303

MORESQUE.

Moorish Remnants. --I. Issy-ben-Aran 323
Moorish Remnants. II. Móstafa Alvilá 326
Moorish Remnants. III. The Emir in search of an Eye 329
Moorish Remnants. IV. Yussuf's Friend 332
Moorish Remnants. V. The Sultana's Perfumer-in-Chief 335
El Moro Santon 337

DE ULTRAMAR [1].

Hernan Cortes in Sanctuary 340

Araucania the Indomitable. --I 343
Araucania the Indomitable. II. Tegualda 351
Araucania the Indomitable. III. Fiton's Cave 360
Matanzas 370

PATRAÑAS;
OR,
Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional.