INDEX
343
Suburbs, value of, to great cities, 17, 18.
Superlatives, Spanish use of, 144.
Superstitions, ruling, of the Spanish mind, 68, 81.
Synagogues, of Toledo, 236.
Tandem driving, a survival, 66.
Tato, El, famous bull-fighter, 110, 111.
Taxes, feudal, continued payment of, 63, 64.
Tertulias, social life among, 15, 16.
Theotocopouli, George, chapel built by, 148, 223.
Threshing, manner of, 193.
Tintoret, paintings by, in Madrid gallery, 162; sketch of the Paradise of, 181; paintings by, in Escorial, 263.
Titian, protected by Charles V., 146; portrait of Charles V. by, 158; of Philip II., 159; paintings by, in Madrid, 179-181; in the Escorial, 263.
Titles, slight use of, 48.
Tobacco, effect of, on men of Madrid, 23, 47; constant use of, 26.
Tobar, possible painting by, 161.
Toledo, better fitted than Madrid for capital, 5; Castelar's comment on, 216; approach to, 218; streets of, 219; former population of, 220; Cathedral of, 221-229; Mozarabic Chapel of, 228; architectural beauties of, 231, 232; beggars of, 234; synagogues of, 236; church of San Juan de los Reyes, 237-241; other churches of, 244-246; old walls of, 245; Military College of Santa Cruz, 247; Alcázar of, 248, 249; castle of San Cervantes, 250.
Toleration, growth of, in Spain, 272-274.
Topete, Admiral, of Mexican origin,
17-
Torrigiani, fate of, 148, 149.
Trajan, aqueduct of Segovia built by, 209.
Travel, disinclination of the Madrileños to, 19,
Trinitarians, Convent of the, present use of, 31; visits of Cervantes to 321, 322.
Jnited States, foreign discussionofconstitutional system of, 191.
Vagabonds, halcyon days of, in Madrid, 24.
Valentians, in Madrid, 8, 26.
Van Dyck.SeeDyck, Sir Anthony van.
Vega, Lope de, decline of interest in masterpieces of, 10; marvellous industry of, 323; relations of, with Cervantes, 324; daughter of, 325, 326.
Velazquez, paintings by, in Madrid gallery, 156, 157, 160, 169-173; character of, 174, 175; kindness of, to Murillo, 176; painting by, in Escorial, 263.
Venus, two pictures of, by Titian, at Madrid, 180.
Veronese, paintings by, at Madrid, 182.
Vervain, former hunting of, 127.
Vesalius, persecution of, 53.
Vienna, natural capital of Austria, 3.
Villalba, 192.
Vinci, Leonardo da.SeeLeonardo.
Virgen del Pez, La, Raphael's, 177.
Wandering Jew, introduction of, into Spanish miracle-play, 289.
Washington, not a natural capital, 4.
Water-venders, in Madrid, 26.
Wheelbarrows, Spanish use of, 63.
Wien.SeeVienna.
Women, Spanish, Asturiano in Madrid, 7, 8; charms of, 13, 14; physical characteristics of, 23; small education of, 40; coarseness of expression among, 41; penances performed by, 42; Christian names of, 44; piety of, 45; natural superiority of, 47; retention of maiden name by, after marriage, 48.
Ximenes, Cardinal, Moorish baths destroyed by, 67; portrait of, in University of Alcalá, 305; founder of the university, 306.
Yankee, the, of the Spanish carnival, 137-
Zurbaran, painting by, 156.