Familiar Spanish Travels - Paperback

Familiar Spanish Travels is a book written by William Dean Howells, an American author and literary critic, that chronicles his travels through Spain in the late 19th century. The book is a collection of essays that describe his experiences and observations of Spanish culture, customs, and traditions. Howells provides vivid descriptions of the cities and towns he visited, including Madrid, Toledo, Seville, and Granada, and shares his impressions of the people he encountered along the way. He also delves into the history of Spain, discussing its rich artistic and literary heritage, as well as its political and social issues of the time. Through his keen eye and insightful commentary, Howells offers readers a unique glimpse into the beauty and complexity of Spain, making Familiar Spanish Travels a must-read for anyone interested in travel writing and Spanish culture.The haggard mountain ranges were of stone that seemed blanched with geologic superannuation, and at one place we ran by a wall of hoary rock that drew its line a mile long against the sky, and then broke and fell, and then staggered up again in a succession of titanic bulks. But stupendous as these mountain masses were, they were not so wonderful as those wheat-lands which in harvest-time must wash their shores like a sea of gold. Where these now rose and sank with the long ground-swell of the plains in our own West, a thin gray stubble covered them from the feeble culture which leaves Spain, for all their extent in both the Castiles, in Estremadura, in Andalusia, still without bread enough to feed herself, and obliges her to import alien wheat.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.