UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME 



GRANADA AND 

 THE ALHAMBRA 



A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MOSLEM RULE IN 

 SPAIN, TOGETHER WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT 

 OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE ARCHITECTURE, AND 

 THE DECORATION OF THE MOORISH PALACE, 

 WITH 460 ILLUSTRATIONS. DEDICATED BY SPECIAL 

 PERMISSION TO H.I.M. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE 



THIS volume is the third and abridged edition of a work which the author 

 was inspired to undertake by the surpassing loveliness of the Alhambra, 

 and by his disappointment in the discovery that no such thing as an 

 even moderately adequate illustrated souvenir of " this glorious sanc- 

 tuary of Spain " was obtainable. Keenly conscious of the want himself, 

 he essayed to supply it, and the result is a volume that has been acclaimed with 

 enthusiasm alike by critics, artists, architects, and archaeologists. 



In his preface to the first edition, Mr. Calvert wrote : " The Alhambra may 

 be likened to an exquisite opera which can only be appreciated to the full when 

 one is under the spell of its magic influence. But as the witchery of an inspired 

 score can be recalled by the sound of an air whistled in the street, so it is my 

 hope the pale ghost of the Moorish fairy-land may live again in the memories of 

 travellers through the medium of this pictorial epitome." 



UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME 



EL GRECO 



A BIOGRAPHY AND APPRECIATION. ILLUSTRATED 

 BY REPRODUCTIONS OF OVER 140 OF HIS 

 PICTURES 



IN a Series such as this, which aims at presenting every aspect of Spain's 

 eminence in art and in her artists, the work of Domenico Theotocopuli 

 must be allotted a volume to itself. " El Greco," as he is called, who 

 reflects the impulse, and has been said to constitute the supreme glory 

 of the Venetian era, was a Greek by repute, a Venetian by training, and a 

 Toledan by adoption. His pictures in the Prado are still catalogued among 

 those of the Italian School, but foreigner as he was, in his heart he was more 

 Spanish than the Spaniards. 



El Greco is typically, passionately, extravagantly Spanish, and with his 

 advent, Spanish painting laid aside every trace of Provincialism, and stepped 

 forth to compel the interest of the world. Neglected for many centuries, 

 and still often misjudged, his place in art is an assured one. It is impossible 

 to present him as a colourist in a work of this nature, but the author has got 

 together reproductions of no fewer than 140 of his pictures a greater 

 number than has ever before been published of El Greco's works. 



