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Excerpt from Among the Spanish People, Vol. 1 of 2: Richard Bentley and Son, New Burlington Street, I uhlisfms in to San the Auzm, 187 7, All Rights Reserved The author's last book, "Untrodden Spain," was so kindly received by the English press and public, that he does not hesitate to offer another work, the result of many years' observation on the same country, to their kindly consideration. The history of the present book is soon told. By the generosity of friends the author was enabled to travel throughout nearly the whole of the Peninsula. Being very poor, he frequently had to travel on foot, and dine and sleep with the poor, and knowing familiarly the various low patois, he mixed with the peasantry, and was able to talk with them. In the Spanish peasantry he found, what he had often sought, but not hitherto found, truth, brotherly kindness, chivalrous devotion, true nobleness of character, religion without cant, and every virtue - mixed with a little dirt. 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."