Mexico, picturesque, political, progressive

by Mary Elizabeth Blake and Margaret F. Sullivan

 

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.

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Mexico: Picturesque, Political, Progressive.

CONTENTS

 

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PART I

 

PICTURESQUE MEXICO

 

chapter		page
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
PART II POLITICAL AND PROGRESSIVE MEXICO
IX —	From Conquest to Independence	173
X —	Constitution and Government	191
XI —	Religion and Education	199
XII —	Revenue and its Application	213