Patrañas; or, Spanish Stories, Legendary and Traditional
Rachel Harriette Busk
PATRANAS; OR SPANISH STORIES, Legendary and Traditional.
BY THE AUTHOR OF "TRADITIONS OF TIROL."
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY E. H. CORBOULD.
LONDON: GRIFFITH AND FARRAN, SUCCESSORS TO NEWBERY AND HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. MDCCCLXX.
CONTENTS.
PAGE Introduction 1
POPULAR.
Carlo Magno and the Giant 6 El Conde Sol 20 Simple Johnny and the Spell-bound Princesses 24 Turian and Floreta 45 The Blood-stain of the Alcazar of Seville 63 The Adventures of Dona Josefa Ramirez y Marmolejo 67 The Steeple of Covena 89 Another Fair Maid of Zaragoza 96 Juanita the Bald; or, A Daughter's Love 107 Starving John the Doctor 123 Ramon the Discontented 131 The Ballad-maker and the Boot-maker 140 El Clavel 143 The Ill-tempered Princess 148 The Hermit and the Fig-tree 159 Too Clever by Half 171 The Wind's Story 173 What Ana saw in the Sunbeam 181 The Pedro Jimenez Grape 201 St. Martin in Spain 209 Marvellous Stories. --I. St. Michael's Feather 213 Marvellous Stories. II. "Eyes to the Blind" 214 Marvellous Stories. III. The Floating Chest 215 Marvellous Stories. IV. The Whale of the Manzanares 216 The Sun of Wittenburg 218 Merino 219
LEGENDARY.
King Vamba 221 Dona Terea 228 The Irish Princess 234 El Conde Fernan Gonzalez 245 The First Tunny Fishing 249 "Where One can Dine, Two can Dine" 254
CABALLERESCO.
Hormesinda 261 Filial Love before all 265 Raguel; or, The Jewess of Toledo 276 Don Jaime de Aragon 283 Don Alonso de Aguilar 286 The Black Charger of Hernando 291 The Infante Don Henrique and the Lions 299 Blanca the Haughty 303
MORESQUE.
Moorish Remnants. --I. Issy-ben-Aran 323 Moorish Remnants. II. Mostafa Alvila 326 Moorish Remnants. III. The Emir in search of an Eye 329 Moorish Remnants. IV. Yussuf's Friend 332 Moorish Remnants. V. The Sultana's Perfumer-in-Chief 335 El Moro Santon 337
DE ULTRAMAR [1].
Hernan Cortes in Sanctuary 340
Araucania the Indomitable. --I 343 Araucania the Indomitable. II. Tegualda 351 Araucania the Indomitable. III. Fiton's Cave 360 Matanzas 370
