Excerpt from The Edinburgh Literary Journal, or Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles Lettres: June, 1829 December, 1829 Beautiful Granada 1' they exclaimed, how is thy glory faded! The vivanambla no longer echoes to the tramp of steed and sound of trumpet; no longs is it crowded with the youthful nobles, eager to display their prowess in the tourney and the foetal tilt of reeds. Alas! The flower of thy chivalry lies low in a foreign land! The soft note of the lute is no longer heard in thy mouninl streets, the lively castanet is silent upon thy hills, and the graceful dance of the zambra is no more com beneath thy bowers! Behold, the Alhambra is forlorn and deso late! In vain do the orange and myrtle breathe their perfumes into its silken chambers in vain does the night. 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.