A Vanished Arcadia
Reading edition
Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607 to 1767
By R. B. Cunninghame Graham
Author of “Mogreb-El-Acksa”, etc.
With a Map
I DEDICATE THIS SHORT ACCOUNT OF
A VANISHED ARCADIA
TO THE AUTHOR OF
‘SANTA TERESA, HER LIFE AND TIMES’,
BEING CERTAIN THAT THE LIFE OF ALL SAINTS IS TO THEM AND US AN ARCADIA; UNKNOWN TO THEM AND TO US VANISHED WITH THEIR LIVES, YET STILL REMEMBERED, FITFULLY AS ARE THE JESUITS IN PARAGUAY, BY A FEW FAITHFUL, WHEN THE ANGELUS WAKES RECOLLECTION IN THE INDIANS’ HEARTS. BUT, THEN, THE ANGELUS (EVEN OF MEMORY) IS TO THE MOST PART OF MANKIND ONLY A JANGLING OF AN ANTIQUATED BELL.