TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. More detail can be found at the end of the book. WANDERINGS IN SPAIN. BY THÉOPHILE GAUTIER. [Illustration: BRIDGE OF IRUN.] With numerous Engravings. LONDON: INGRAM, COOKE, AND CO. MDCCCLIII. WANDERINGS IN SPAIN. BY THÉOPHILE GAUTIER. With numerous Engravings. LONDON: INGRAM, COOKE, AND CO. MDCCCLIII. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. FROM PARIS TO BORDEAUX. PAGE Departure from Paris--Subterranean Dwellings--Château Regnault-- Tours--Châtellerault--Angoulême--The _Landes_--Cubzac--Bordeaux-- The Theatre--The Cathedral--St. Michael's Tower--Mummified Corpses--The Museum 1 CHAPTER II. FROM BORDEAUX TO VERGARA. The _Landes_--Arrival at Bayonne--Information for Travellers-- Urrugne--Saint Jean de Luz--Human Smuggling--Bridge over the Bidassoa--Irun--Travelling with Mules--Primitive Carts--Beggar Children--Spanish Bridges--Oyarzun--Astigarraga--A Spanish Supper--Puchero--Arrival at Vergara 11 CHAPTER III. FROM VERGARA TO BURGOS. Vergara--Vittoria: the Baile Nacional and the French Hercules-- The Passage of Pancorbo--The Asses and the Greyhounds--Burgos-- A Spanish Fonda--Galley Slaves in Cloaks--The Cathedral--The Coffer of the Cid 20 CHAPTER IV. BURGOS--_continued_. The Cloisters; Paintings and Sculptures--The Cid's House; the Casa del Cordon; the Puerta de Santa Maria--The Theatre and the Actors--La Cartuja de Miraflores--General Thibaut and the Cid's bones 34 CHAPTER V. FROM BURGOS TO MADRID. El Correo Real; the Galeras--Valladolid--San Pablo--A Representation of Hernani--Santa Maria--Madrid 47 CHAPTER VI. MADRID. Bull-fights--The Arena--Calesins--Espadas, Chulos, Banderilleros, and Picadores--Sevilla the Picador--La Estocada a Vuela Pies 59 CHAPTER VII. MADRID--_continued_. The Prado--The Mantilla and Fan--The Spanish Type--Water-Merchants; Coffee-houses of Madrid--Newspapers--The Politicians of the Puerta del Sol--Post-Office--The Houses of Madrid--Tertullias; Spanish Society--The Teatro del Principe--The Queen's Palace; the Palace of the Cortes, and the Monument of the Dos de Mayo--The Armeria and El Buen Retiro 73 CHAPTER VIII. VISIT TO THE ESCURIAL.