Spanish Language, Literature and Arts.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

To understand these subjects, it will be necessary to say a few words respecting the character and situation of the Spaniard. Nature has given him a beautiful country, the excellences of which were acknowledged by the Romans. Claudian says, Dives, equis, frugum facilis, pretiosa metallis. On account of the situation of Spain, separated from the rest of Europe, the character of the people developed itself, in a great degree, independently of the influences of other nation--a case the reverse of that which has prevailed in Italy, lying, like Spain, beneath a southern sun, but always visited by all the nations of Europe.