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Land without chimneys

Land without chimneys

by Alfred Oscar Coffin

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Author
Coffin, Alfred Oscar, 1861-1933
Title
Land without chimneys; or, the byways of Mexico
Original Publication
United States: The Editor Publishing Co.,1898.
Credits
Mary Glenn Krause, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
F1201: North America local history: Mexico
Subject
Mexico -- Description and travel
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 68556
Release Date
July 18, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.CONTENTS. — A Land Without Chimneys.
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. THE SAN JUAN VALLEY.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. SALTILLO AND THE PLATEAU.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. SAN LUIS POTOSI.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE BILL OF FARE.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. IN THE VALLEY OF THE LAJA.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. THE VALE OF ANAHUAC.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE VALLEY OF MEXICO.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. THE SHRINE OF GUADALUPE. — TRANSLATED.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE PASEO AND BULL-FIGHT. — BULL-FIGHTING.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. LA VIGA CANAL.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE SUBURBS.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. WITHIN THE GATES.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. THE TRAIL OF THE TANGLE-FOOT.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. THE CITY OF THE ANGELS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. THE PYRAMID OF CHOLULA.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. LAS TIERRAS CALIENTAS.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. GUADALAJARA IN THE VALE OF LERMA.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. DIVES AND LAZARUS.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. POLITICAL ECONOMY.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. PREHISTORIC RUINS.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. AZTEC COSMOGONY AND THEOGONY.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. THE LOST ATLANTIS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV CONCLUSION.

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