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The Humour of Spain

The Humour of Spain

by Susette M. Taylor

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Compiler
Taylor, Susette M.
Title
The humour of Spain.
Original Publication
United Kingdom: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.,1909.
Credits
Josep Cols Canals, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Spanish wit and humor
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 69530
Release Date
December 12, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Transcriber’s Notes
  2. 2.THE HUMOUR OF SPAIN
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.MY CID PLEDGES TWO COFFRES FULL OF SAND TO THE JEWS RACHEL AND VIDAS.
  6. 6.THE COWARDICE OF THE INFANTES OF CARRION WHEN THE LION BREAKS LOOSE.
  7. 7.THE CAT TURNED NUN.
  8. 8.THE MADMAN IN THE BATH.
  9. 9.THE NAKED KING.
  10. 10.“ NOT EVEN THE DAY OF THE MUD? ”
  11. 11.THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.
  12. 12.A LONG TALE.
  13. 13.ELECTIO NULLA DEBET ESSE IN MALIS.
  14. 14.THE BITER BIT.
  15. 15.CALISTO IS SMITTEN WITH MELIBEA’S CHARMS.
  16. 16.LOVE AND DEATH.
  17. 17.THE EATEN PANCAKE.
  18. 18.THE FAIR CELIBATE.
  19. 19.“THE TABLE-BOOK AND TRAVELLERS’ JOY.”
  20. 20.THE RUSTIC AND THE LACKEYS. — THE CONTRARY WIFE. — AN AFFECTIONATE WIFE. — CHASTISE WITH GOOD WORDS. — THE ACCOMMODATING FARMER. — THE ACCOMMODATING LORD. — DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. — THE BEST HOUR TO DINE. — THE BEST WIFE IN THE WORLD. — A PIOUS WISH.
  21. 21.“THE BOOK OF JOKES.” — TRAVELLERS’ TALES.
  22. 22.TALES OF ROGUES. — LAZARO DECLARETH WHOSE SON HE WAS. — HOW LAZARO SERVES A BLIND MAN. — LAZARO IS SERVANT TO A PRIEST. — A TAILOR WOULD FAIN LEARN OF GUZMAN TO WRITE HIS NAME, OR TO MAKE FIRMA, OR MARK, AND THE REASON WHY. — EPISODE OF THE OFFICIOUS PHYSICIAN. — OF THE PLEASANT LIFE GUZMAN LED AMONG HIS BRETHREN, AND AN ACCOUNT OF HIS VISIT TO GAETA. — OF THE WICKED OLD HOUSEKEEPER, AND THE FIRST KNAVISH PRANKS PAUL PLAYED AT ALCALA.
  23. 23.ESTEBANILLO ACTS ON THE CARDINAL’S BIRTHDAY!
  24. 24.THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN, DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA.
  25. 25.CERVANTES TAKES A MERRY LEAVE OF LIFE.
  26. 26.THE LOVERS’ RUSE.
  27. 27.AUNTS.
  28. 28.THE MISER CHASTISED.
  29. 29.THE MARKET OF ANCESTORS.
  30. 30.VISION OF THE LAST JUDGMENT.
  31. 31.THE REVENGE OF DON LUCAS.
  32. 32.THE MAYOR OF ZALAMEA.
  33. 33.THE SIMPLE GROOMS.
  34. 34.PORTUGUESE EPITAPHS AND SAYINGS.
  35. 35.LA TARASCA AND THE CARRIERS.
  36. 36.PEDIGREE OF FOOLS.
  37. 37.THE FAMOUS PREACHER, FRIAR BLAS.
  38. 38.THE MUSICAL ASS.
  39. 39.THE BASHFUL SHEPHERDESS.
  40. 40.THE BEAR, THE APE, AND THE PIG.
  41. 41.THE FROG AND THE HEN.
  42. 42.MARIQUITA THE BALD.
  43. 43.PULPETE AND BALBEJA; OR, AN ANDALUSIAN DUEL.
  44. 44.SEVILLE.
  45. 45.AFTER THE BULL-FIGHT.
  46. 46.DELIGHTS OF A MADRID WINTER.
  47. 47.IN THE EARLIER DAYS OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
  48. 48.THE OLD CASTILIAN.
  49. 49.A DEMAGOGIC JOURNALIST.
  50. 50.A CAT CHASE DURING THE SIEGE OF GERONA.
  51. 51.A WELL-WON DISH OF CHERRIES.
  52. 52.FIRST LOVE.
  53. 53.THE ACCOUNT BOOK.
  54. 54.SISTER SAINT SULPICE.
  55. 55.PEPITA.
  56. 56.IF SHE COULD ONLY WRITE.
  57. 57.DOCTOR PERTINAX.
  58. 58.A FEW THOUGHTS ON LIGHT.
  59. 59.EPIGRAMS.
  60. 60.FOLK-TALES.
  61. 61.MIRACLES OF ST. ISIDRO, PATRON-SAINT OF MADRID.
  62. 62.FATHER COBOS’ HINT.
  63. 63.POPULAR SONGS.
  64. 64.PROVERBS.
  65. 65.ANECDOTES.
  66. 66.ECCENTRICITIES OF ENGLISHMEN.
  67. 67.NEWSPAPER HUMOUR.
  68. 68.HUMOROUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
  69. 69.AT THE THEATRE.
  70. 70.NOTES CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
  71. 71.Untitled
  72. 72.FOOTNOTES:

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