Some of the Spanish dishes are only palatable to English people after a taste for them has been sedulously cultivated. Many of the viands are flavoured with garlic. The _menu_ for _comida_ consists of soup, fish, an egg dish, meat, sometimes a _puchero_ or stew, and cakes and fruit. Table wine is usually provided free of charge. Every man smokes in the dining-room, both during and after meals. Among the best restaurants are the Fornos, the Italiano and the Inglés. PRINTED BY TURNBULL AND SPEARS EDINBURGH [Illustration: PLATE 1. MADRID _Specially drawn for The Spanish Series_] [Illustration: PLATE 2. ARMS OF MADRID] [Illustration: PLATE 3. GENERAL VIEW OF MADRID.] [Illustration: PLATE 4. VIEW OF MADRID FROM THE TEJA.] [Illustration: PLATE 5. GENERAL VIEW OF MADRID.] [Illustration: PLATE 6. VIEW OF MADRID FROM SAN ISIDRO.] [Illustration: PLATE 7. THE FOUNTAIN OF CYBELE AND CALLE DE ALCALÁ.] [Illustration: PLATE 8. THE NORTHERN RAILWAY STATION AND ROYAL PALACE.] [Illustration: PLATE 9. PUERTA DEL SOL.] [Illustration: PLATE 10. PUERTA DEL SOL.] [Illustration: PLATE 11. CALLE DE ALCALÁ.] [Illustration: PLATE 12. CALLE DE ALCALÁ.] [Illustration: PLATE 13. CALLE DE ALCALÁ.] [Illustration: PLATE 14. CALLE DE ALCALÁ.] [Illustration: PLATE 15. CARRERA DE SAN JERÓNIMO.] [Illustration: PLATE 16. CALLE DE ALCALÁ.] [Illustration: PLATE 17. CALLE DE SEVILLA.] [Illustration: PLATE 18. CALLE DE ALCALÁ.] [Illustration: PLATE 19. PLAZA DE CASTELAR.] [Illustration: PLATE 20. CALLE DE TOLEDO.] [Illustration: PLATE 21. IN OLD MADRID.] [Illustration: PLATE 22. PASEO DE RECOLETOS.] [Illustration: PLATE 23. PASEO DE RECOLETOS.] [Illustration: PLATE 24. PASEO DE RECOLETOS.] [Illustration: PLATE 25. PASEO DE RECOLETOS.] [Illustration: PLATE 26. CALLE DE ALCALÁ AND STATUE OF AGUIRRE.] [Illustration: PLATE 27. PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA.] [Illustration: PLATE 28. PLAZA DE ISABEL II.] [Illustration: PLATE 29. PLAZA DE ORIENTE.] [Illustration: PLATE 30. PLAZA MAYOR.] [Illustration: PLATE 31. PLAZA MAYOR.] [Illustration: PLATE 32. PLAZA MAYOR AND STATUE OF PHILIP III.] [Illustration: PLATE 33. CALLE DE SERRANO.] [Illustration: PLATE 34. CALLE DE LA PRINCESA ON GOOD FRIDAY.] [Illustration: PLATE 35. ENTRANCE TO THE PARK OF ALFONSO XIII.] [Illustration: PLATE 36. CASA DE CAMPO. THE LAKE.] [Illustration: PLATE 37. TOLEDO BRIDGE.] [Illustration: PLATE 38. TOLEDO BRIDGE.] [Illustration: PLATE 39. TOLEDO BRIDGE.] [Illustration: PLATE 40. SEGOVIA BRIDGE.] [Illustration: PLATE 41. ENTRANCE TO THE RETIRO.] [Illustration: PLATE 42. ENTRANCE TO THE RETIRO.] [Illustration: PLATE 43. PRINCIPAL ENTRANCE TO THE RETIRO.] [Illustration: PLATE 44. RETIRO. THE PARTERRE.] [Illustration: PLATE 45. RETIRO. THE LAKE.] [Illustration: PLATE 46. RETIRO. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.] [Illustration: PLATE 47. Retiro. Arab Pavilion.]