Excerpt from The Spanish Journal of Elizabeth, Lady Holland, 1910 The present volume of Lady Holland's journal deals with the accounts of two journeys in Spain, the first in 1802-05, the second in 1808-09. These were omitted when the two former volumes were published. The first part tells the story of the travels of the Hollands and their party at some length, and gives descriptions of many of the objects of interest which they visited. I have omitted or shortened the less important details as much as possible, and have endeavoured to confine the narrative to those incidents which seem of special interest or which bear on the character and customs of the Spaniards. Any mention also of institutions or buildings which suffered in the wars or have disappeared since that time, has been retained. The anecdotes and gossip of the Court may be of interest to the descendants of those concerned, and I have attempted very shortly to identify the various members of the families to whom reference is made. The second portion of the Journal deals almost exclusively with the incidents of the early part of the Peninsular War. Lord Holland's name was well known in Spain, and his sympathy with the cause was apparent to many outside his own circle of friends. Thus he was in a position to obtain much information which would not have been vouchsafed to the ordinary traveller. 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.