Excerpt from Home Life in Spain Here then we have four distinct regions with nothing in common. But regionalism in Spain is not limited to four districts or to forty. TO the Spaniard, the City or even the village of his birth is all the world that matters. When a Spaniard says mi pueelo, his mind has gone back to the village Of his birth, where his patron saint is enshrined, where the politics are his own, and where his patriotism is localized. The district in which his village is set lies right outside his interests; the province Of which it is a part has no Claims upon him; Of his country itself he is supremely independent. History records with a smile that finds much sympathy the story Of the valiant Alcalde Of Mostoles, a Village near Madrid, who solemnly declared war against the great Napoleon on the all-sufi'icient ground that the rest Of Spain seemed to be in two minds upon this serious under taking. These instances might be multiplied, though not so significantly they serve to indicate the depth of root which regionalism has spread in every corner Of the land, and by way of an apology for the necessity Of dealing in nothing more than general terms with the more varied aspects Of Spanish home life, though the outstanding regional differ ences will be set down. 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.