NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS 38

CHAPTER IV
SPANISH SOCIETY 55

CHAPTER V
MODERN MADRID 77

CHAPTER VI
THE COURT 97

CHAPTER VII
POPULAR AMUSEMENTS 111

CHAPTER VIII
THE PRESS AND ITS LEADERS 129

CHAPTER IX
POLITICAL GOVERNMENT 142

CHAPTER X
COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE 156

CHAPTER XI
THE ARMY AND NAVY 183

CHAPTER XII
RELIGIOUS LIFE 198

CHAPTER XIII