“This handsome volume is the complement of Mr. CALVERT’S work on the Alhambra, and, like its predecessor, is lavishly illustrated.... The illustrations have been chosen with excellent taste, and executed with considerable skill.... It would be difficult to find anything more representative in their respective ways.”--_Manchester Guardian._
“Covers a great deal of ground, and treats a great many subjects.”--_Times._
“Is full of that true knowledge which comes of sympathy, and is both more trustworthy and more agreeable than many more pretentious volumes.”--_Morning Post._
“Mr. CALVERT lends to his theme freshness of colour, detail, and good judgment.”--_Daily Mail._
“No work of recent times so adequately depicts Spain and its people with so sympathetic an appreciation of its greatness and charm.”--_Daily News._
“Its charm consists in the author’s whole-hearted enthusiasm for his subject.... Must infect the most hostile reader.”--_Pall Mall Gazette._
“A most acceptable addition to the literature of travel.”--_Morning Advertiser._
“We can heartily recommend this book.”--_Field._
“Can be honestly recommended to anyone desirous of acquiring a knowledge of Spain.”--_Court Circular._
“The author may be congratulated on a work that is by far the best he has produced.”--_Mining Journal._
“Ought to be in the hands of everyone who would know something of the most maligned, and possibly, the most delectable country in Europe.”--_Bookseller._
“Wholly charming.”--_Commercial Intelligence._
“Cannot fail to stimulate interest in so fascinating a country.”--_Shipping Gazette._
“Rarely have we seen a book that afforded us greater interest and pleasure.”--_Chamber of Commerce Journal._
“Mr. CALVERT’S first aim has been to supply reliable information ... there can be no two opinions that he has succeeded.”--_Aberdeen Evening Express._
“A magnificent volume ... the best which has been published abroad concerning Spain.”--_El Vanguardi_ (Barcelona).
“An exquisitely tasteful volume.”--_El Diaro_ (Barcelona).
“Written in a spirit of impartiality and justice worthy of all eulogy.”--_Diario de Barcelona._
“To follow Mr. CALVERT ... is to be stirred with the keen desire to see something in person of this ancient and always remarkable country.”--_Leeds Mercury._