Chapter I: Front Matter

POOR FOLK IN SPAIN

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR_

MODERN FRENCH PAINTERS
With 20 Illustrations in colour and 24
in black and white. Crown 4to. 21_s._ net.

MOTHER AND CHILD
Drawings by BERNARD MENINSKY. With
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THE BODLEY HEAD

POOR FOLK IN SPAIN

BY JAN AND CORA GORDON

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHORS

JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LIMITED
VIGO ST.:::::::: LONDON

_First published 1922_

_Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay,
Suffolk._

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. LONDON 3

II. JESUS PEREZ 7

III. THE FRONTIER 17

IV. MEDINA DEL CAMPO 29

V. AVILA 40

VI. MADRID 51

VII. A HOT NIGHT 60

VIII. MURCIA--FIRST IMPRESSIONS 70

IX. MURCIA--SETTLING DOWN 81

X. MURCIA--BLAS 90

XI. MURCIA--THE ALPAGATA SHOP 95

XII. MURCIA--BRAVO TORO 98

XIII. AN EXCURSION 109

XIV. VERDOLAY--HOUSEKEEPING 123

XV. VERDOLAY--SKETCHING IN SPAIN 133

XVI. VERDOLAY--CONENI 142

XVII. VERDOLAY--THE INHABITANTS 147

XVIII. VERDOLAY--THE DANCE AT CONENI'S 156

XIX. MURCIA--THE LAUD 161

XX. ALICANTE 169

XXI. JIJONA--THE FIESTA 185

XXII. JIJONA--TIA ROGER 200

XXIII. JIJONA--A DAY'S WORK 207

XXIV. JIJONA--THE GOATHERDS 218

XXV. MURCIA--AUTUMN IN THE PASEO DE CORVERAS 226

XXVI. LORCA 244

XXVII. MURCIA--LAST DAYS 260

XXVIII. THE ROAD HOME 268

LIST OF PLATES

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SPANISH COURTYARD _Frontispiece_

CARTERS IN THE POSADA 70

A MURCIAN BEGGAR WOMAN 78

GIRL SINGING A MALAGUEÑA 220

THE VALENCIAN JOTA DANCED BY THREE COUPLES 222

POOR FOLK IN SPAIN