The Story of Seville

Cafés.– Spaniards spend a good share of their leisure time in the cafés. In Seville the chief resorts of this kind are in the Calle de las Sierpes, the Calle Tetuan, and the Plaza Nueva. It is the custom in Spain to make business appointments and to arrange friendly meetings in the cafés. The drinks are coffee, chocolate, tea, wines, liqueurs, and mineral waters. Coffee is usually taken black, with cognac. The spirits are caña, agua ardiente, and cognac. A favourite liqueur is anisette. At some of these houses Bass's ale and Scotch whisky can be obtained. The Spanish bottled cider (sidra) is a refreshing drink, mixed with lemonade, in hot weather.

An English medical practitioner, Dr. Dalebrook, resides in the Calle Albareda, leading out of the Calle Tetuan. A guide, whom I can recommend as well-informed, is Señor Carlos Rudé, 22 Otumba. Señor Rudé is known as "Charles" by the English visitors. He speaks English well, and can obtain entrance to private collections of paintings in the city.

A large stock of interesting photographs of Seville, pictures and characters is kept by Señor Julio Beauchy, 24 Calle de Rioja.

A List of Books upon Seville, or containing References to the CityHistory

'Sevilla' (A volume in the series 'España') – Don Pedro de Madrazo.

'Annales de Sevilla' – Don Ortiz de Zuñiga.

'Sevilla Histórica,' etc. – By 'A Son of Seville.'

'Histoire des Arabes d'Espagne' (3 vols.) – De Circourt.

'Memoirs of the Kings of Spain' (5 vols.) – W. Coxe.

'History of Spain and Portugal' – Dunham.

'Ferdinand and Isabella' – Prescott.

'History of the Reformation in Spain' – T. M'Crie.

'The Ottoman and the Spanish Empires' – L. Ranke.

'History of the Reign of Philip II.' – R. Watson.

'Philip II.' – Prescott.

'Charles V.' – Armstrong.

'Recherches sur l'histoire et la littérature de l'Espagne' – Dozy.

'Spain' – H. E. Watts.

'The Moors in Spain' – S. Lane-Poole.

'The Inquisition' – Llorente.

'The Story of Spain' – E. E. and S. Hale.

'Historia de la Ciudad de Sevilla' – Joaquin Guichot.

'Historia de Sevilla' – Alonso Morgado.

'Antigüedades Prehistóricas de Andalucia' – Miguel de Gongora.

Art

'Descripción Artística de la Catedral de Sevilla' – Cean Bermudez.

'Seville Mosque Cathedral' (Paper Architect. Society) – R. H. Carpenter.

'An Architect's Note Book in Spain' – D. Wyatt.

'Annals of the Artists of Spain' – Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell.

'Spanish and French Painters' – G. W. Smith.

'Velazquez' – G. C. Williamson.

'The Industrial Arts of Spain' – J. F. Riaño.

'La Giralda' – A. Alvarez Benavides.

'Alcázar de Sevilla' – J. Gestoso y Pérez.

'La Imprenta en Sevilla.'

'Velazquez: Life and Work' – G. H. Stokes.

'Renaissance Architecture and Ornament in Spain' – A. N. Prentice.

'Seville Cathedral' (article in 'Macmillan's Magazine,' May 1903) – Havelock Ellis.

Literature

'History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature' (2 vols.) – Bouterwek.

'History of Spanish Literature' – Ticknor.

'The Spanish Drama' – G. H. Lewes.

'Vida de Cervantes' – M. F. Navarette.

'Tipografía Española' – Mendez.

'Spanish Literature' – H. Butler Clarke.

'Life of Cervantes ' – J. Fitz-Maurice-Kelly.

'Cervantes' – H. E. Watts.

Social and General

'Letters from Spain' – Doblado (Blanco White).

'Handbook for Spain' – R. Ford.

'Old Court Life in Spain' – F. M. Elliott.

'The Bible in Spain' – Geo. Borrow.

'Spanish Vistas' – G. P. Lathrop.

'Voyage en Espagne' – T. Gautier.

'Spain and Portugal' (Handbook) – Karl Baedeker.

'The Zincali' – Geo. Borrow.

'A Summer in Andalusia' (2 vols.) – R. Bentley.

'Seville' (article in 'Harper's Magazine,' March 1901) – Arthur Symons.

'Spanish Cities' – C. A. Stoddard.

'The Land of the Castanet' – H. Chatfield-Taylor.

THE END

1

This and other interesting pictures may be seen by applying to the owner of the collection.

2

In Sevilla Histórica the names of Juan Norman, Alonso Rodriguez and Gonzalo Rojas are mentioned as architects employed before 1507.

3

See chapters on 'the Churches' and upon the 'Artists of Seville.'

4

There is an excellent Catalogue, with a short historical memoir of each artist, which can be purchased at the entrance of the Museo, for the trifling sum of one peseta. It is, of course, in Spanish.

5

The titles of the pictures are given in Spanish in order to facilitate their identification in the Catalogue.

6

The picture has been recently presented to the Museo, by the Infanta Da Maria Luisa Fernanda, and is only mentioned in the Catalogue, in a short notice at the end of the book.

7

See separate chapter.