Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-13


selves az 10 the scenes OF which they IN
tended 20 treat The work ana iliusura-
lions are not limited exclusively 10
Granada and the Alhambra, but also IN
trodrce the reader TO the Generaiine
Seville. Cordova, Toledo, Cadz' anu
Gibraltar. Are great authors permitted
TO know the high posthumous hohofs
which are paid 10 their productions
When irving was summoned away SUI
denly from his "Moslem t,lysium. to
mingIe once more in the hustle and busi-
moss OF this dusty world" he says: How
was / 20 encounter its tolls and tur-
mons AFTER such life OF repose and
reverie How was ! TO endure its com
monplace after the poetry OF the Alham-
braw lie did endure II. however, and wen
enough; and was destined 10 live IN spain
rs the United States Minister there an
honorable and useful life. not "of repose
and reverie."
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