GENERAL VIEW OF THE SIERRA NEVADA AND THE RIVER GENIL] [Illustration: PLATE 459 GRANADA _Specially drawn for The Spanish Series_] [Illustration: PLATE 460 ARMS OF GRANADA] THE SPANISH SERIES Edited by ALBERT F. CALVERT A new and important series of volumes, dealing with Spain in its various aspects, its history, its cities and monuments. Each volume will be complete in itself in a uniform binding, and the number and excellence of the reproductions from pictures will justify the claim that these books comprise the most copiously illustrated series that has yet been issued, some volumes having over 300 pages of reproductions of pictures, etc. Crown 8vo Price 3/6 net 1 GOYA with 600 illustrations 2 TOLEDO ” 510 ” 3 MADRID ” 450 ” 4 SEVILLE ” 300 ” 5 MURILLO ” 165 ” 6 CORDOVA ” 160 ” 7 EL GRECO ” 140 ” 8 VELAZQUEZ ” 142 ” 9 THE PRADO ” 223 ” 10 THE ESCORIAL ” 278 ” 11 ROYAL PALACES OF SPAIN ” 200 ” 12 GRANADA AND ALHAMBRA ” 460 ” 13 SPANISH ARMS AND ARMOUR ” 386 ” 14 LEON, BURGOS AND SALAMANCA ” 462 ” 15 VALLADOLID, OVIEDO, SEGOVIA, ZAMORA, AVILA AND ZARAGOZA ” 390 ” * * * * * _UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME_ MURILLO A BIOGRAPHY AND APPRECIATION. ILLUSTRATED BY OVER 165 REPRODUCTIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIS MOST CELEBRATED PICTURES While the names of Murillo and Velazquez are inseparably linked in the history of Art as Spain’s immortal contribution to the small band of world-painters, the great Court-Painter to Philip IV. has ever received the lion’s share of public attention. Many learned and critical works have been written about Murillo, but whereas Velazquez has been familiarised to the general reader by the aid of small, popular biographies, the niche is still empty which it is hoped that this book will fill. In this volume the attempt has been made to show the painter’s art in its relation to the religious feeling of the age in which he lived, and his own feeling towards his art. Murillo was the product of his religious era, and of his native province, Andalusia. To Europe in his lifetime he signified little or nothing. He painted to the order of the religious houses in his immediate vicinity; his works were immured in local monasteries and cathedrals, and, passing immediately out of circulation, were forgotten or never known. * * * * * _UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME_ SPANISH ARMS AND ARMOUR