"But if I must say what surprised me most, it was the gendarmes in front of the royal castle; for they wear white Catalan slippers on their feet and a top-hat on their heads. You see, a top-hat, slippers, and a rifle with fixed bayonet, is a peculiar and unusual combination; but, after all, it graphically represents the character of the Catalan country, a rural and commercial area among the kingdoms of Spain."
An illustration from the book "Letters From Spain" written and illustrated by Karel Capek, translated by Paul Selver, published by George Bles, London, 1931. Capek, (1890-1938), the Czech writer best known for his plays, wrote a number of travel books in an amused and urbane style which suffused his accompanying drawings as well. He invented the word 'robot'.

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