MEXICO

A HISTORY OF ITS PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS

BY

MARIE ROBINSON WRIGHT

MEMBER OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF BRAZIL, GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF LA PAZ, GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF MEXICO, HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF SÃO PAULO

PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY

GEORGE BARRIE & SONS

LONDON: C. D. CAZENOVE & SON, 26 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W. C. PARIS: 19 Rue Scribe

COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY GEORGE BARRIE & SONS

TO HIS EXCELLENCY

General Porfirio Diaz

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO

A GREAT MAN AMONG THE EMINENT MEN OF THE WORLD, WHO ON HIS EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY IS STILL ACTIVE IN BODY AND SOUL; A POWERFUL ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL GOOD OF HIS COUNTRY

Is Dedicated

THIS STORY OF A HUNDRED YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

MARIE ROBINSON WRIGHT