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1、THEALHAMBRAbyWashingtonIrvingPrefacetotheRevisedEdition.RoughdraughtsofsomeofthefollowingtalesandessayswereactuallywrittenduringaresidenceintheAlhambra;othersweresubsequentlyadded,foundedonnotesandobservationsmadethere.Carewastakentomaintainlocalcoloringandverisimilitude;s
2、othatthewholemightpresentafaithfulandlivingpictureofthatmicrocosm,thatsingularlittleworldintowhichIhadbeenfortuitouslythrown;andaboutwhichtheexternalworldhadaveryimperfectidea.ItwasmyendeavorscrupulouslytodepictitshalfSpanish,halfOrientalcharacter;itsmixtureoftheheroic,the
3、poetic,andthegrotesque;torevivethetracesofgraceandbeautyfastfadingfromitswalls;torecordtheregalandchivalroustraditionsconcerningthosewhooncetroditscourts;andthewhimsicalandsuperstitiouslegendsofthemotleyracenowburrowingamongitsruins.Thepapersthusroughlysketchedoutlayforthr
4、eeorfouryearsinmyportfolio,untilIfoundmyselfinLondon,in1832,ontheeveofreturningtotheUnitedStates.Ithenendeavoredtoarrangethemforthepress,butthepreparationsfordeparturedidnotallowsufficientleisure.Severalwerethrownasideasincomplete;therestwereputtogethersomewhathastilyandin
5、ratheracrudeandchaoticmanner.InthepresenteditionIhaverevisedandre-arrangedthewholework,enlargedsomeparts,andaddedothers,includingthepapersoriginallyomitted;andhavethusendeavoredtorenderitmorecompleteandmoreworthyoftheindulgentreceptionwithwhichithasbeenfavored.W.I.Sunnysid
6、e,1851.TheJourney.INTHEspringof1829,theauthorofthiswork,whomcuriosityhadbroughtintoSpain,madearamblingexpeditionfromSevilletoGranadaincompanywithafriend,amemberoftheRussianEmbassyatMadrid.Accidenthadthrownustogetherfromdistantregionsoftheglobe,andasimilarityoftasteledustow
7、andertogetheramongtheromanticmountainsofAndalusia.Shouldthesepagesmeethiseye,whereverthrownbythedutiesofhisstation,whetherminglinginthepageantryofcourts,ormeditatingonthetruergloriesofnature,maytheyrecallthescenesofouradventurouscompanionship,andwiththemtherecollectionofon
8、e,inwhomneithertimenordistancewillobliteratetheremembranceofhisgentlenessandworth.Andhere
