Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 40032-h.htm or 40032-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40032/40032-h/40032-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40032/40032-h.zip) The Story of the Nations. MEXICO * * * * * * THE STORY OF THE NATIONS. _Large Crown 8vo, Cloth, Illustrated, 5s._ 1. ROME. ARTHUR GILMAN, M.A. 2. THE JEWS. Prof. J. K. HOSMER. 3. GERMANY. Rev. S. BARING-GOULD, M.A. 4. CARTHAGE. Prof. A. J. CHURCH. 5. ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. Prof J. P. MAHAFFY. 6. THE MOORS IN SPAIN. STANLEY LANE-POOLE. 7. ANCIENT EGYPT. Canon RAWLINSON. 8. HUNGARY. Prof. A. VAMBÉRY. 9. THE SARACENS. A. GILMAN, M.A. 10. IRELAND. Hon. EMILY LAWLESS. 11. CHALDÆA. Z. A. RAGOZIN. 12. THE GOTHS. HENRY BRADLEY. 13. ASSYRIA. Z. A. RAGOZIN. 14. TURKEY. STANLEY LANE-POOLE. 15. HOLLAND. Prof. J. E. THOROLD ROGERS. 16. MEDIÆVAL FRANCE. Prof. GUSTAVE MASSON. 17. PERSIA. S. G. W. BENJAMIN. 18. PHOENICIA. Canon RAWLINSON. 19. MEDIA. Z. A. RAGOZIN. 20. THE HANSA TOWNS. HELEN ZIMMERN. 21. EARLY BRITAIN. Prof. A. J. CHURCH. 22. THE BARBARY CORSAIRS. STANLEY LANE-POOLE. 23. RUSSIA. W. R. MORFILL, M.A. 24. THE JEWS UNDER ROMAN RULE. W. D. MORRISON. 25. SCOTLAND. JOHN MACKINTOSH, LL.D. 26. SWITZERLAND. Mrs. LINA HUG and RICHARD STEAD. 27. MEXICO. SUSAN HALE. London: T. FISHER UNWIN, Paternoster Square, E.C. * * * * * * [Illustration: THE CONVENT OF CAPUCHINAS. (LAST PRISON OF MAXIMILIAN.)] MEXICO by SUSAN HALE London T. Fisher Unwin Paternoster Square New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons MDCCCXCI Entered at Stationers' Hall By T. Fisher Unwin Copyright by G. P. Putnam's Sons (For the United States of America). CONTENTS. I. PAGE THE SUBJECT 1-11 View from a steamer, 1--Seen by Fernando Cortés, 2; his ambition, 3--Inhospitable coast, 3--Vera Cruz, 4--Departure, 4--Climate we leave, 5--Climate we are seeking, 5--Three climates of Mexico, 6--Anahuac, 6; _Tierra templada_, 7--Scenery of the plateau, 7--Its early inhabitants, 8--Destroyed by Cortés, 8--Traditions of Anahuac, 9--_Teocallis_ changed to cathedrals, 9--The _Conquistadores_, 10--Spanish rulers, 10--Two emperors, 10--Mexico a republic, 11; its past and future, 11. II. SHADOWY TRIBES 12-23 Meaning of Anahuac, 12--Tula, formerly Tollan, 13--The Toltecs, 13--Cholula: its legends, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20--Mound builders, 21--Legends of the Nahuas, 21--Huehue-Tlapallan, 22--Atlantis, 22--Noah of the Mexican tribes, 22--Universal fable of the deluge, 23. III. TRADITIONS OF THE TOLTECS 24-37