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Excerpt from Nights and Days on the Gypsy Trail: Through Andalusia and on Other Mediterranean Shores
Peninsula. Lovers of Spain will delight in this roving journey. In it Spain is not so much seen as lived; so sharp are the lines, so compact the siinple scenes and full of color and verve, that they illustrate themselves; and, caught all about the Gypsy life, there is a wealth of lovely land scape, as the trail goes by mountain and plain among the half-dozen cities of marvel that be jewel Spain. The feeling as well as the picture of Spain is here. But it is the human life that holds the center of the scene, and the joy of life is its other name. Song and dance and Wine are in the foreground: song that is poetry and the young traveler has an eye for purity of line in a poem as keen as for the plastic, sculp.
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Peninsula. Lovers of Spain will delight in this roving journey. In it Spain is not so much seen as lived; so sharp are the lines, so compact the siinple scenes and full of color and verve, that they illustrate themselves; and, caught all about the Gypsy life, there is a wealth of lovely land scape, as the trail goes by mountain and plain among the half-dozen cities of marvel that be jewel Spain. The feeling as well as the picture of Spain is here. But it is the human life that holds the center of the scene, and the joy of life is its other name. Song and dance and Wine are in the foreground: song that is poetry and the young traveler has an eye for purity of line in a poem as keen as for the plastic, sculp.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Irving Brown
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780331188592
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 317
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Irving Brown
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781333138554
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm
Page Count - 319
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