._

Isabel II., 6, 53, 107, 207

Isabel la Catolica, 5, 8, 15, 29, 270

Jaime, Don, 8

_Jota Aragonesa_, 114

Jesuits, 199, 213, 217, 218, 220 _et seq._, 272

Journalists, 130

King Alfonso XIII., 272, 273

Kings, Austrian, 21, 22

Kings, Bourbon, 8, 22, 118

Labour, 174

Lace, 165

Lagartijo, 122 _et seq._

Land and people, 1

Land laws, 173

Landscape round Madrid, 71, 72

Land value, 172

Language, 266 _et seq._

Literature, modern, 246 _et seq._

Madrazo, 239, 244

Madrid, modern, 77

Madrid, old, 77

_Manana_, 52, 74, 195, 197

Manners, 40

Mantilla, 79

Manufactures, 164, 165, 175 _et seq._

Manzanares, 83

Marriage customs, 229 _et seq._

Medical science, 215

Meetings, political, 138

Mendizabal, 9, 23

Metal work, 176

Military system, 183 _et seq._

Mineral wealth, 160 _et seq._

Montpensier, Duke of, 104 _et seq._

Moors, 17 _et seq._

Mules, 90, 188, 255

Music, 81, 236

Narvaez, 249

National feeling, 184, 185, 193

National games, 31

Navy, 47, 189 _et seq._

Newspapers, 132 _et seq._

Nicknames, 106

_Noche Buena_, 108

Orders, religious, 203, 213, 219, 221, 272

Ostriches, 85

Outlook, 260 _et seq._

Oxen, draught, 94

Pacing horses, 90

Painters, 239 _et seq._

Palace Royal, 61

_Palacioe_, 23

Pardo Bazan, 251

Pardo, el, 85

Parque de Madrid, 71

_Pasos_, 210

Passion plays, 209, 212

Pavia, 140

_Pavo, pelando el_, 230

Peasants, 24 _et seq._

Pelayo, 61

_Pelota_, 31, 111

People, 38 _et seq._

Philip II., 16, 202, 271

Pigs, 166, 167

Poetry, 114, 268

Politeness, national, 39, 40, 51, 52

Political parties, 7, 134 _et seq._

Politicians, 50, 135

_Pollos_ and _pollas_, 88, 89

Ports and harbours, 178

Pottery, 175, 176

Poverty, 226

Press, 129 _et seq._

Priesthood, 199, 218

Prim, 142-144

Procrastination, 52

Productive land, 172

_Pronunciamientos_, 144, 145, 147, 186

Protestants, 216

Pyrenees, 25, 30

Queen Cristina, 97, 98, 103

Queen Mercedes, 97, 106

_Quemadero_, 20, 201

Quijote, Don, 48

Quixotic ch