Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) PATRAÑAS; OR SPANISH STORIES, Legendary and Traditional. BY THE AUTHOR OF "TRADITIONS OF TIROL." WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. H. CORBOULD. LONDON: GRIFFITH AND FARRAN, SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. MDCCCLXX. CONTENTS. PAGE Introduction 1 POPULAR. Carlo Magno and the Giant 6 El Conde Sol 20 Simple Johnny and the Spell-bound Princesses 24 Turian and Floreta 45 The Blood-stain of the Alcázar of Seville 63 The Adventures of Doña Josefa Ramirez y Marmolejo 67 The Steeple of Coveña 89 Another Fair Maid of Zaragoza 96 Juanita the Bald; or, A Daughter's Love 107 Starving John the Doctor 123 Ramon the Discontented 131 The Ballad-maker and the Boot-maker 140 El Clavel 143 The Ill-tempered Princess 148 The Hermit and the Fig-tree 159 Too Clever by Half 171 The Wind's Story 173 What Ana saw in the Sunbeam 181 The Pedro Jimenez Grape 201 St. Martin in Spain 209 Marvellous Stories. --I. St. Michael's Feather 213 Marvellous Stories. II. "Eyes to the Blind" 214 Marvellous Stories. III. The Floating Chest 215 Marvellous Stories. IV. The Whale of the Manzanáres 216 The Sun of Wittenburg 218 Merino 219 LEGENDARY.