ABSTRACT
I would like to bpre the reader as little as possible talking about "me" and "mine"; however, I shall be obliged frequently to say "I" and "we" when describing what I have seen in Majorca; for such is the accepted method of expressing one's incidental thoughts and feelings, without which I could not have revealed certain aspects of the reality of Majorca, which might be useful to the reader. I therefore beg the latter to consider my personality as something quite passive, like a magnifying glass through which he will be able to see what happens in that distant country, about which one applies the proverb, "it is better to believe it than go there and see it". Furthermore I must warn the reader that I am not trying to interest him in the trifles that concern me, for I am being led by a somewhat philosophical objective in relating them here. When I have formulated my ideas in this respect, I hope that he will do me the justice of acknowledging that there is not the slightest trace of vanity in my story.
