When Alexandre Dumas toured Spain in 1846, he indulged in what had become a ritual for romantics. Entering the Andalusian city of Granada, the French writer and his coterie of arty companions found a ...
THE history of the Gypsies, according to the editor of the present work, is best presented in a series of desultory anecdotes which relate chiefly to the Egyptian usages of murder, pocket-picking, and ...
Appleby Horse Fair, which is currently ongoing, is Europe’s largest traditional Gypsy fair ...
The section devoted to Russian gypsies is very properly given the place of honor, since it is the most elaborate of the studies here presented, and contains perhaps the greatest share of novelty. The ...
Every community has its outcasts. From the late 1800s to the mid-20th century, there were thousands, perhaps milliions of people living on the edges of society, people who were on the move.