Aztec Land

Guanajuato.--An Ex-President.--Richest Silver Mine in Mexico.--Reducing the Ores.--Plenty of Silver.--Open Sewers.--A Venal Priesthood.--A Big Prison.--The Catholic Church.--Get...

City of Mexico.--Private Dwellings.--Thieves.--Old Mexico.--Climate. --Tramways.--The Plaza Mayor.--City Streets.--The Grand Paseo.-- Public Statues.--Scenes upon the Paseo.--Th...

Ancient Cholula.--A Grand Antiquity.--The Cheops of Mexico.--Traditions relating to the Pyramid.--The Toltecs.--Cholula of To-Day.-- Comprehensive View.--A Modern Tower of Babel...

A City of Vistas.--Want of Proper Drainage.--Unfortunate Site.--Insecure Foundations.--A Boom in Building Lots.--Pleasant Suburbs.--Night Watchmen.--The Iturbide Hotel.--A Would...

Jalapa.--A Health Resort.--Birds, Flowers, and Fruits.--Cerro Gordo.-- Cathedral.--Earthquakes.--Local Characteristics.--Vanilla.--Ancient Ruins.--Tortillas.--Blondes in a City...

Locality and Political Divisions of Aztec Land.--Spanish Historians.-- Boundaries.--Climate.--Egyptian Resemblances.--Products of the Country.--Antiquities.--Origin of Races.--E...

A Mexican Watering Place.--Delightful Climate.--Aguas Calientes.--Young Señoritas.--Local City Scenes.--Convicts.--Churches.--A Mummified Monk.--Punishment is Swift and Sure.--H...

Castle of Chapultepec.--"Hill of the Grasshopper."--Montezuma's Retreat. --Palace of the Aztec Kings.--West Point of Mexico.--Battles of Molino del Rey and Churubusco.--The Mexi...

An Extinct Volcano.--Mexican Mountains.--The Public Institutions of the Capital.--The Government Palace.--The Museum.--Maximilian's State Carriage.--A Peculiar Plant.--The Acade...

Remarkably Fertile Soil.--Valuable Native Woods.--Mexican Flora.--Coffee and Tobacco.--Mineral Products.--Silver Mines.--Sugar Lands.-- Manufactories.--Cortez's Presents to Char...

Down into the Hot Lands.--Wonderful Mountain Scenery.--Parasitic Vines. --Luscious Fruits.--Orchids.--Orizaba.--State of Vera Cruz.--The Kodak.--Churches.--A Native Artist.--Sch...

The Route to Mexico.--Via the Mammoth Cave.--Across the Rio Grande.--A Large River.--Piedras Negras.--Characteristic Scene.--A Barren Prairie Land.--Castaño, a Native Village.--...

The City of Vera Cruz.--Defective Harbor.--The Dreaded and also Welcome Norther.--San Juan d'Ulloa.--Landing of Cortez.--His Expedition Piratical.--View of the City from the Sea...

Puebla, the Sacred City.--General Forey.--Battle-Ground.--View of the City.--Priestly Miracles.--The Cathedral.--Snow-Crowned Mountains. --A Cleanly Capital.--The Plaza Mayor.--...

Santa Rosalia.--Mineral Springs.--Chihuahua.--A Peculiar City.--Cathedral. --Expensive Bells.--Aqueduct.--Alameda.--Hidalgo's Prison and his Fate.--Eulalia.--A Large State.--A G...

The Shrine of Guadalupe.--Priestly Miracles.--A Remarkable Spring.--The Chapels about the Hill.--A Singular Votive Offering.--Church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.--Costly Deco...

Zacatecas.--Sand-Spouts.--Fertile Lands.--A Silver Mining Region.--Alpine Scenery.--Table-Land of Mexico.--An Aged Miner.--Zacatecas Cathedral. --Church and People.--A Mountain...

Benito Juarez's Grandest Monument--Hotel del Jardin.--General José Morelos.--Mexican Ex-Convents.--City Restaurants.--Lady Smokers. --Domestic Courtyards.--A Beautiful Bird.--Th...

Santa Rosalia.--Mineral Springs.--Chihuahua.--A Peculiar City.-- Cathedral.--Expensive Bells.--Aqueduct.--Alameda.--Hidalgo's Prison and his Fate.--Eulalia.--A Large State.--A G...

Puebla, the Sacred City.--General Forey.--Battle-Ground.--View of the City.--Priestly Miracles.--The Cathedral.--Snow-Crowned Mountains.--A Cleanly Capital.--The Plaza Mayor.--A...

The City of Vera Cruz.--Defective Harbor.--The Dreaded and also Welcome Norther.--San Juan d'Ulloa.--Landing of Cortez.--His Expedition Piratical.--View of the City from the Sea...

Guanajuato.--An Ex-President.--Richest Silver Mine in Mexico.-- Reducing the Ores.--Plenty of Silver.--Open Sewers.--A Venal Priesthood.--A Big Prison.--The Catholic Church.--Ge...

Castle of Chapultepec.--"Hill of the Grasshopper."--Montezuma's Retreat.--Palace of the Aztec Kings.--West Point of Mexico. --Battles of Molino del Rey and Churubusco.--The Mexi...

Ancient Cholula.--A Grand Antiquity.--The Cheops of Mexico.-- Traditions relating to the Pyramid.--The Toltecs.--Cholula of To-Day.--Comprehensive View.--A Modern Tower of Babel...

A City of Vistas.--Want of Proper Drainage.--Unfortunate Site.-- Insecure Foundations.--A Boom in Building Lots.--Pleasant Suburbs.--Night Watchmen.--The Iturbide Hotel--A Would...

Jalapa.--A Health Resort.--Birds, Flowers, and Fruits.--Cerro Gordo.--Cathedral.--Earthquakes.--Local Characteristics.-- Vanilla.--Ancient Ruins.--Tortillas.--Blondes in a City...

Down into the Hot Lands.--Wonderful Mountain Scenery.--Parasitic Vines.--Luscious Fruits.--Orchids.--Orizaba.--State of Vera Cruz.--The Kodak.--Churches.--A Native Artist.--Scho...

The Route to Mexico.--Via the Mammoth Cave.--Across the Rio Grande.--A Large River.--Piedras Negras.--Characteristic Scene. --A Barren Prairie Land.--Castaño, a Native Village.-...

City of Mexico.--Private Dwellings.--Thieves.--Old Mexico.-- Climate.--Tramways.--The Plaza Mayor.--City Streets.--The Grand Paseo.--Public Statues.--Scenes upon the Paseo.--The...

Remarkably Fertile Soil.--Valuable Native Woods.--Mexican Flora.-- Coffee and Tobacco.--Mineral Products.--Silver Mines.--Sugar Lands.--Manufactories.--Cortez's Presents to Char...

A Mexican Watering Place.--Delightful Climate.--Aguas Calientes. --Young Señoritas.--Local City Scenes.--Convicts.--Churches. --A Mummified Monk.--Punishment is Swift and Sure.-...

An Extinct Volcano.--Mexican Mountains.--The Public Institutions of the Capital.--The Government Palace.--The Museum.-- Maximilian's State Carriage.--A Peculiar Plant.--The Acad...

Locality and Political Divisions of Aztec Land.--Spanish Historians.--Boundaries.--Climate.--Egyptian Resemblances. --Products of the Country.--Antiquities.--Origin of Races. --...

The Shrine of Guadalupe.--Priestly Miracles.--A Remarkable Spring.--The Chapels about the Hill.--A Singular Votive Offering.--Church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.--Costly Deco...

Zacatecas.--Sand-Spouts.--Fertile Lands.--A Silver Mining Region. --Alpine Scenery.--Table-Land of Mexico.--An Aged Miner.-- Zacatecas Cathedral.--Church and People.--A Mountain...

Benito Juarez's Grandest Monument.--Hotel del Jardin.--General José Morelos.--Mexican Ex-Convents.--City Restaurants.--Lady Smokers.--Domestic Courtyards.--A Beautiful Bird.--Th...