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The Channel waters were calm and placid as the blue sky above them. Though late autumn the temperature was that of mid-summer. At Calais every one landed as jauntily as though they had just gone through the pleasure of a short yachting trip. As usual there were all sorts and conditions of men and women, and again the curious, the grotesque, the impossible predominated. They streamed across the new quay in a disordered procession, struggling with all that amount of hand-baggage which gets into everyone's way but their own, as they hurry forward to secure for themselves the best seats and most comfortable corners. The Custom-house. | Glories of Spain by Charles W. Wood 1 Glories of Spain by Charles W. Wood The Project Gutenberg EBook of Glories of Spain by Charles W. Wood 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 Glories of Spain Author Charles W. Wood Release Date October 3 2010 EBook 33833 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GLORIES OF SPAIN Produced by Chuck Greif the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http the Internet Archive Google Books. GLORIES OF SPAIN Illustration INTERIOR OF ZARAGOZA CATHEDRAL. GLORIES OF SPAIN Glories of Spain by Charles W. Wood 2 BY CHARLES W. WOOD . AUTHOR OF LETTERS FROM MAJORCA IN THE VALLEY OF THE RHONE ETC. ETC. Illustration WITH EIGHTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS. London MACMILLAN AND CO. LIMITED NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1901 LONDON PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS LIMITED. STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. 3 CHAPTER I. AT THE GARE D ORLEANS. On Calais quay--At the Custom-house--A lady of the past--Ungallant examiner--Better to reign than serve--Paris--Vanity Fair-Sowing and reaping--Laughing through life--At the Hôtel Chatham--A pleasant picture--In maiden meditation--M. Pascal is wise in his generation--The secrets of the Seine--Notre Dame--Ile St. Louis--A medieval atmosphere--Victor Hugo--Ghosts of the Hôtel Lambert--H. C. again--His little comedy--M. the Inspector-Outraged ladies-- En voiture messieurs --Mystery not cleared--The Orléanais--La Vendée--Garden of France--A dilemma--Polite Chef de Gare--Crossing the Garonne--Land of corn and wine

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• history
• Northern Spain
• Cathedrals
• Architectural Arabesques
• Mondoñedo
• Covadonga
• Historical Arabes