Life in Mexico by Frances Calderón de la Barca
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Theatre--Portmanteaus--Visitors--Houses of Puebla--Fine Arts--Paseo--Don N. Ramos Arispe--Bishop--Cotton Factories--Don Esteban Antunano--Bank of _Avio_--United States Machinery--Accidents--Difficulties--Shipwrecks-- Detentions--Wonderful Perseverance--"_La Constancia Mejicana_" Hospital-- Prison--El Carmen--Paintings--Painted Floors--Angels--Cathedral--Gold and Jewels--A Comedy--Bishop's Palace--Want of Masters LETTER THE THIRTY-SIXTH Concert--Diligence--Leave Puebla--Escort--View from the Cathedral Towers-- Black Forest-History of the Crosses-Tales of Murder--An Alarm--Report of a Skirmish--Rio Frio--Law Concerning Robbers--Their _Moderation_-Return to Mexico--Carnival Ball--Improvement in Dress LETTER THE THIRTY-SEVENTH Distinguished Men--Generals Bustamante, Santa Anna, and Victoria-- Anecdote--Senor Pedraza--Senor Gutierrez Estrada--Count Cortina--Senor Gorostiza--Don Carlos Bustamante--"Mornings in the Alameda"--Don Andres Quintana Roo--Don Lucas Alaman--General Moran--General Almonte--Senor Canedo--Senors Neri del Barrio and Casaflores--Doctor Valentin--Don Francisco Tagle--Eight Revolutions LETTER THE THIRTY-EIGHTH New Minister--San Angel--Profitable Pulque Estate--The Village-- |
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