The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-02-28
nav IN THE ALHAMBRA.
nav of Days in Spain.

Ibe '| ,1 would be like carrying Goals
itSfll0'~ We are not going to
THE reader and 1; but with
lteoP. and Gautier's vivid description
nas both writer's having had the
% l'lS' ,e Of living in Grenada) will
GRAM al random through the wonder
dSll' ns and gardens and patios-avoid-
d p' ',ndeso as a pestilence, though
ps as losing ourselves in the mar
SHIT af pillars, whose carven foil
bic oendant fruits and flowers, all
81 .olored. green and orange and
@"! fresh as if wrought this year,
''' MANY centuries old. As pre-
i'ps measure, like piquante before
pl' .au have read dozen or so of
.r famous accounts of the AL
u and perhaps, after your eyes
l'D s.s,rr somewhat accustomed to
,.r., " the place, you spend days
.,,.+, ind some nook or corner
... .staped historical pens and
Az -.ama hidden marvel that may
,s,-I from a different angle of
ain effort, Too many enthu-
.4 hive neen here before you-not
En-. SIS OF ordinary mental cali
t.r geuiuSes of the world have
55. .Iti art upon it. And the
...r uJ .3uk the more you realize
.,..i9nt Of them-not even our own
.mrt5le lrving-has come up to
rora4s mark, No doubt he did in
.rm. IT the inner man. but
,,nca woa)- Of classic elegance like
wa paint the lily, what printers
n FAN adj Is subtle fragrance? To
.rs Igr painters swarm all over the AL
.snms while photographers, profess
..og. and amateur, crowd each other
..ary t.n And of course ubiquit-
m. ~Hhrrs. male and female, rush
,srr notebooks IN hand, jotting down
t.n, beIr papers concerning the
,,-. mols lands that went to dust
aHi-> aEo-fairy tracery as fragile
aticl.4te as veil of lace, yet which
4, u.isood wars and earthquake
a.. and The wear and tear of hun
,ei. o making paltry COM
re -e whole thing, as they do of
RE las alr7Dle face of the Sphinx and
@urr51g of the Pyramids.
PoaJIp ore reason why the Alham-
n lsses such deep impression upon
muu >-.Id visitor is because every
g17tIo SENSE is fully satisfied in all it's
im and Surroundings. First, it's
s-B rs 'he most picturesque in
Elnra with the now-mountains on
15 gir the boundless plain on the
au uU the Darro, far below, tum-
hg olgl wild canons to meet the
|Tl6r |-W Tie Darro, spanned here
74t"n Hiigt and there by broken
|lNrs sJQ as it ruSheS from it's
|rau-&l gorge through the town, is
la Wtl iNr quaintest of houses, all
-3s1 4.r age, leaning, bracketed,
Tsl ,.- uTeut, as if they might topple
|3GbE aiuute. Balconies are thick
4A e. wall, and every balcony is
1al ught-hued garments. hung
|M. -w." W tle sunshine: while all the
pa o.~ Med with bright red vases
'1vo purple hyacinths and yellow
.&al s.e -IaWing. tlanked by boxes of
la railing nasturtiums. And
44 u- .4.aral towers and churches
a s05lluus, and the great cathe-
aa. H The first Christian sover-
%Ho NADIA sleep side by side: the
4- uW-r and flowers, the forests of
gr+ M elm, the abundant foun-
ais t uUrnuring streams; the
e,a rlr "a emerald, shut in on two
'Ar NaUtltul mountains, backed
4dr>.t.,d-Neyada, one sheet of I'M
al't now, too dazzling to look
'l IA4ei Ills bright blue sky, What
0'a-su tgures are constantly pass
VI. .t "W what combinations of
a"' 70 ie. git the artists soul. Cop
FFti0ed gypsies with blue black
4l 0Agt about everywhere, as if
''r-as Il iavorable opportunity for
S1h.g q Ellfe under your ribs and
l'Alg oi' with your purse-the men
'A19oI4rred jackets with hanging
'35 buttons. scarlet fajas around their
1A auf Wlde-brimmed, slouched
'leirao, the women in bright pink
w. yellow petticoats, with enormous
''''-v' 81 Towers pinned in their raven
"S None OF the old masters could
'' asked Tor more effective groupings
-4s~irS Than these-with their strange
r'1T' 81 g1psies, beggars, Moors, gran
'.o foreigners from every country;
-'' i.gs goats, donkeys, dogs-the
r@ ,'. Always named either Malampo,
.''u1l, of Lubina, because those were
names Of the three favored animals
,, ''c'IApanied the shepherds to look
s'' Vie newborn infant at Bethle
''' anu dogs so named never go mad!
,a'''sI e"arming popularity of the
a s'" HE great number of singing
n, "'Q specially of nightingales.
d. -l i'll Will through all the courts
'' ei'ambra, sacred and unmolested
'!NAtie IN Spain becauSe if is he