Chapter I: Front Matter

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Our Little Spanish Cousin

The Little Cousin Series

Each volume illustrated with six or more full-page plates
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LIST OF TITLES

BY MARY HAZELTON WADE (unless otherwise indicated)

=Our Little African Cousin=
=Our Little Armenian Cousin=
=Our Little Brown Cousin=
=Our Little Canadian Cousin=
By Elizabeth R. Macdonald
=Our Little Chinese Cousin=
By Isaac Taylor Headland
=Our Little Cuban Cousin=
=Our Little Dutch Cousin=
By Blanche McManus
=Our Little English Cousin=
By Blanche McManus
=Our Little Eskimo Cousin=
=Our Little French Cousin=
By Blanche McManus
=Our Little German Cousin=
=Our Little Hawaiian Cousin=
=Our Little Indian Cousin=
=Our Little Irish Cousin=
=Our Little Italian Cousin=
=Our Little Japanese Cousin=
=Our Little Jewish Cousin=
=Our Little Korean Cousin=
By H. Lee M. Pike
=Our Little Mexican Cousin=
By Edward C. Butler
=Our Little Norwegian Cousin=
=Our Little Panama Cousin=
By H. Lee M. Pike
=Our Little Philippine Cousin=
=Our Little Porto Rican Cousin=
=Our Little Russian Cousin=
=Our Little Scotch Cousin=
By Blanche McManus
=Our Little Siamese Cousin=
=Our Little Spanish Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
=Our Little Swedish Cousin=
By Claire M. Coburn
=Our Little Swiss Cousin=
=Our Little Turkish Cousin=

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(_See page 60._)]

Our Little Spanish Cousin

By
Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

_Author of "God, the King, My Brother," "With
a Pessimist in Spain," etc._

_Illustrated by_
Blanche McManus

Boston
L. C. Page & Company
_MDCCCCVI_

_Copyright, 1906_

BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

First Impression, July, 1906

_COLONIAL PRESS_
_Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co._
_Boston, U. S. A._

=To=

PAUL AND ANTOINETTE

Preface

WASHED by the blue Mediterranean and kissed by the warm southern sun, the Iberian Peninsula lies at the southwestern corner of Europe. To this sunny land of Spain we owe much, for, from its hospitable shores, aided by her generous queen, Columbus sailed to discover that New World which is to-day our home. We should therefore be very friendly to the country which helped him, and American boys and girls should welcome the coming of Our Little Spanish Cousin.

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE CHRISTENING 1
II. SCHOOL-DAYS 10
III. A VISIT TO A HACIENDA 19
IV. AT THE ALHAMBRA 33
V. ANTONIO'S STORY 43
VI. THE HOLIDAYS 53
VII. EASTER IN SEVILLA 65
VIII. RAINY DAYS 74
IX. TO THE COUNTRY 87
X. GAMES AND SPORTS 96
XI. A TERTULIA 104
XII. VIVA EL REY! 117

List of Illustrations

PAGE
FERNANDO AND HIS DONKEY (_See page 60_) _Frontispiece_
"THE OWNER PULLED IT UP TO HER WINDOW AGAIN" 6
"THEY PLAYED HIDE AND SEEK THROUGH THE MARBLE HALLS" 40
"ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN WHO HAD SUCH ANIMALS
DROVE THEM DOWN TO THE CHURCH TO BE BLESSED" 60
"THEIR BODIES SWAYED TO AND FRO IN TIME TO THE MUSIC" 71
"THEY WENT TO THE ALCAZAR GARDENS" 84

Our Little Spanish Cousin