jggin Who wrote Gil Bias? 487 



4fh Of the profound knowledge of the manners and customs, the 

 ^*- %iticartopo.raphical, and chronological history of the Spamsh 



The^;=tS:i to^ ^::^ these several heads will eju^y 

 demonstrate the original position of the Spanish ongin of the novel : the 

 pL^e of the social condition of the Spanish people as drawn to the 



^''xhe adventures of Philip the Fourth and Lucretia, daughter of the 



"S not the celebrated champion of Christendom who arrested the pro- 

 cess of t Turkish arms at L -a-fight of Lepanto a.d who w^^^^^^^^ 

 r,nt..rfll son of the Emperor Charles the Fifth. The motliei is repie 

 s^ntedin he novel seized with compunctions of conscience, pn account 



into it who were not in some way connected w th ^^e oyal tamUy 1 e 

 account of the domestic occurrences ni the family of Ohvares-ot hu sc,n 

 Don Julkn Valcarel, afterwards legitimatized ""^^^ ^he name of^Doi 

 Henry Philip de Gusman, and married to the daughter «^ f !^f ^^f/^^. 



"'^IfBlrr^lC*: sLl^Fv^Sda. observe, a cowd of pe. 



the inscrintion in gold letters upon a tablet, La posada de los repre 

 sMe-ihe nfture of the inscription explains the circumstance that, 

 r h t^ne of Philip the Third and Fourth, the comediaj. -re usual y 

 lodged in the theatre itself. This usage never existed m Fiance^^ and 



idrs'rrTor'Ar.'tre.inulftoX 



sivs the aSor, " being situated in a count nj acqmred by conquest was m 

 their^ft of the king." This passage displays a profound know edge ot 

 t C^c^ S,nst.uti Jof ^:^^rSZ^^^^^ 



SL; to tKown. Of this kind were the benehces which lay within 

 thn n^rritorv acQuired by conquest from the Moors. 



'' .,.,1 .,ii,.,n,Hr that bv the constitution ot the Kingdom, 



goncsc reiiionstrated, alleging tii<u-. uy "-^ ^ . Ke,.,,^,. -i nrince of the 

 the king sliould reside there in person, or, ui his absence, a pnnct ot tlie 



