Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 65004-h.htm or 65004-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/65004/65004-h/65004-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/65004/65004-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/alhambrakremlin00prim Transcriber’s note: When italics were used in the original book, the corresponding text has been surrounded by underscores (_italics_). Some corrections have been made to the printed text. These are listed in a second transcriber’s note at the end of the text. [Illustration: THE GENERALIFFE.] THE ALHAMBRA AND THE KREMLIN. The South and the North of Europe. by SAMUEL IRENÆUS PRIME, Author of “Travels in Europe and the East.” New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Company, 770 Broadway. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by Anson D. F. Randolph and Company, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Press of John Wilson and Son, Cambridge. Bindery of Robert Rutter, 82 and 84 Beekman St., New York. TO MRS. E’LOUISA L. PRIME THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED. [Illustration: Decorative illustration] THE South and the North of Europe are contrasted in this volume. Not by any formal comparison of the morals and manners, the institutions and condition of the peoples in different latitudes, but by candid statement and description, I have sought to give a fair view of life as it is in Spain and Scandinavia. Since the journey was made, the Queen of Spain has fled, and the Emperor of France has perished from among men. But the social life of the nations remains the same from age to age. The Alhambra is a type of the South. The Kremlin is a symbol of the North. Both of them are fortresses enclosing palaces: the glory of Spain in ruins, the pride of the North in its strength and beauty. Vague and indefinite ideas of these wonderful edifices, and of the countries they represent, have been entertained by many, who may find in these pages pictures of things as they are, which the writer trusts are faithful and portable. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. The Generaliffe _Frontispiece._ Bridge, Gateway, and Cathedral of Burgos 16 The Cid 17 The Escorial 22 The Royal Palace, Madrid 40 Toledo 54 The Alcazar 59 Cordova 82