Rough draughts of some of the following tales and essays were
actually written during a residence in the Alhambra; others were
subsequently added, founded on notes and observations made there.
Care was taken to maintain local coloring and verisimilitude; so
that the whole might present a faithful and living picture of that
microcosm, that singular little world into which I had been
fortuitously thrown; and about which the external world had a very
imperfect idea. It was my endeavor scrupulously to depict its half
Spanish, half Oriental character; its mixture of the heroic, the
poetic, and the grotesque; to revive the traces of grace and beauty
fast fading from its walls; to record the regal and chivalrous
traditions concerning those who once trod its courts; and the
whimsical and superstitious legends of the motley race now
burrowing among its ruins.
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