On the Mexican Highlands, with a Passing Glimpse of Cuba
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1. Front matter2. FOREWORD3. TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS4. I Flying Impressions Between Charleston-Kanawha and New Orleans5. II The Life and Color of New Orleans6. III Southwestward to the Border7. IV On to Mexico City8. V First Impressions of Mexico City9. VI Vivid Characteristics of Mexican Life10. VII A Mexican Bullfight11. VIII From Pullman Car to Mule-back12. IX A Journey Over Lofty Tablelands13. X A Provincial Despot and His Residence14. XI Inguran Mines—Five Thousand Six Hundred Feet Below Ario15. XII Antique Methods of Mining16. XIII Some Tropical Financial Morality17. XIV Wayside Incidents in the Land of Heat18. XV Morelia—The Capital of the State of Michoacan—Her Streets—Her Parks—Her Churches—Her Music19. XVI Morelia and Toluca—The Markets—The Colleges—The Schools—The Ancient and the Modern Spirit20. XVII Cuernavaca—The County Seat of Montezuma, of Cortez and Spanish Viceroys, of Maximilian—A Pleasant Watering Place of Modern Mexico21. XVIII The Journey by Night from Mexico City—Over the Mountains to the Sea Coast—The Ancient City of Vera Cruz22. XIX Voyaging Across the Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Yucatan from Vera Cruz to Progresso and Havana23. XX The City of “Habana”—Incidents of a Day’s Sojourn in the Cuban Capital24. XXI Cuba—The Fortress of La Cabaña25. XXII Cuba—Her Fertile Sugar Lands—Matanzas by the Sea26. XXIII Cuba—The Tobacco Lands of Guanajay—The Town and Bay of Mariel27. XXIV Steamer Mascot28. INDEX