MEXICO
Picturesque • Political • Progressive
BY
MARY ELIZABETH BLAKE
AUTHOR OF "ON THE WING" "POEMS" ETC.
AND
MARGARET F. SULLIVAN
AUTHOR OF "IRELAND OF TO-DAY"
| "Pais querido y hermoso, cuya belleza es conocido solo por sus hijos! Como mereces ser conocido y estimado por todos!"—Anónimo. |
BOSTON 1888
LEE AND SHEPARD Publishers
10 MILK STREET NEXT "THE OLD SOUTH MEETING-HOUSE"
NEW YORK CHARLES T DILLINGHAM
718 AND 720 BROADWAY
The authors desire to return thanks to the editors of the "Boston Journal," and the "Catholic World" of New York, for their courtesy in allowing the use of articles which had formerly appeared in their columns. M. E. B.
M. F. S.
Copyright, 1888, by Lee and Shepard.
All rights reserved.
Mexico: Picturesque, Political, Progressive.
CONTENTS
PART I
PICTURESQUE MEXICO
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| I — | Into the Sun Land | 7 |
| II — | Glimpses of a New World | 27 |
| III — | The City of Mexico | 54 |
| IV — | Through Lanes and Highways | 76 |
| V — | On the Southern Slope | 95 |
| VI — | Shrines and Pilgrimages | 117 |
| VII — | Literary Mexico: A Group of Novels | 133 |
| VIII — | Blossoms of Verse | 159 |
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PART II
POLITICAL AND PROGRESSIVE MEXICO
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| IX — | From Conquest to Independence | 173 |
| X — | Constitution and Government | 191 |
| XI — | Religion and Education | 199 |
| XII — | Revenue and its Application | 213 |