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the last dozen years many English books on Spain have appeared. They have dealt with their subject from the point of view of the artist or the historian, the archæologist, the politician, or the mere sight-seer. The student of architecture, or the traveler, desiring a more intimate or serious knowledge of the great cathedrals, has had nothing to consult since Street published his remarkable book some forty years ago. There have been artistic impressions, as well as guide-book recitations, by the score. Some have been excellent, though few have surpassed the older ones of Dumas, père, and Gautier, or Baedeker's later guide-book. A year ago appeared. | Cathedrals of Spain by John A. John Allyne 1 Cathedrals of Spain by John A. John Allyne The Project Gutenberg eBook Cathedrals of Spain by John A. John Allyne Gade This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Cathedrals of Spain Author John A. John Allyne Gade Release Date April 12 2010 eBook 31966 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 Cathedrals of Spain by John A. John Allyne 2 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CATHEDRALS OF SPAIN E-text prepared by Chuck Greif and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team http from page images generously made available by Internet Archive http Note Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the numerous original illustrations. See or http files 31966 31966-h or http files 31966 Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http details cathedralsofspai00gadeiala CATHEDRALS OF SPAIN Illustration Photo by J. Lacoste Madrid NEW CATHEDRAL Illustration SALAMANCA CATHEDRALS OF SPAIN by JOHN ALLYNE GADE Fully Illustrated Illustration Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin Company The Riverside Press Cambridge 1911 Copyright 1911 by John A. Gade All Rights Reserved Published February 1911 TO THE LAST CHÂTELAINE OF FROGNER HOVEDGAARD IN REVERENCE GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION PREFACE In the last dozen years many English books on Spain have appeared. They have dealt with their subject from the point of view of the artist or the historian the archeologist the politician or the mere sight-seer. The student of architecture or the traveler desiring a more intimate or serious knowledge of the great cathedrals has had nothing to .