Readings from Modern Mexican Authors

About this eBook

Editor

Starr, Frederick, 1858-1933

Credits

Produced by Larry B. Harrison, 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)

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

Mexican literature -- Translations into English

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52968

Release Date

September 2, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.READINGS FROM MODERN MEXICAN AUTHORS BY FREDERICK STARR CHICAGO THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd. 1904
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.PREFACE. — READINGS FROM MODERN MEXICAN AUTHORS.
4. 4.EDUARDO NORIEGA. — CLIMATIC ZONES OF MEXICO. — POPOCATEPETL. — THE CAVERN OF CACAHUAMILPA.
5. 5.ANTONIO GARCÍA CUBAS. — THE INDIANS OF MEXICO. — THE SEASONS IN THE VALLEY OF MEXICO.
6. 6.JOAQUÍN GARCÍA ICAZBALCETA. — THE EARLY MISSIONARIES. — PEDRO DE GANTE’S WORK. — INSTRUCTION BY HIEROGLYPHS. — THE UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO. — A LITERARY FESTIVAL. — INDIAN LANGUAGES. — FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ.
7. 7.AGUSTIN RIVERA. — BACKWARDNESS OF MEXICO IN VICEROYAL TIMES. — DISTRIBUTION OF OFFICES IN NEW SPAIN. — SCIENCE VERSUS SCHOLASTICISM. — PHILOSOPHY IN NEW SPAIN. COROLLARIES. — DIALOGUE BETWEEN AGUSTIN RIVERA AND FLORENCITO LEVILON.
8. 8.ALFREDO CHAVERO. — THE CHRONICLERS. — THE SURRENDER OF CUAUHTEMOC. — PASSAGES FROM XOCHITL.
9. 9.JULIO ZÁRATE. — THE DEATH OF HIDALGO — GENERAL NICOLÁS BRAVO.
10. 10.JOSÉ MARÍA VIGIL. — THE DEATH OF MAXIMILIAN.
11. 11.PRIMO FELICIANO VELÁSQUEZ. — THE TLAXCALAN SETTLEMENTS. — ANDRES DE OLMOS. — MARTYRS TO THE FAITH. — DIEGO ORDOÑEZ. — ANTONIO DE ROA.
12. 12.JUAN F. MOLINA SOLIS. — THE HORRORS OF 1648 IN YUCATAN.
13. 13.LUIS GONZALES OBREGÓN. — CHANGES IN MEXICO. — LUISA MARTINEZ. — SOR JUANA INEZ DE LA CRUZ. — THE INQUISITION.
14. 14.FRANCISCO SOSA. — THE STATUES OF THE REFORMA. — MALINTZIN. — FRANCISCO EDUARDO TRES GUERRAS. — COLONEL GREGORIO MÉNDEZ.
15. 15.JULIO GUERRERO. — THE MEXICAN ATMOSPHERE. — GOVERNMENTAL DIFFICULTIES. — ATAVISMS. — UNCERTAINTY AND GAMING. — MEXICO’S LOWEST CLASS.
16. 16.ALEJANDRO VILLASEÑOR Y VILLASEÑOR. — ANTÓN LIZARDO. — THE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.
17. 17.RAFAEL ÁNGEL DE LA PEÑA. — THE MEXICAN ACADEMY.
18. 18.IGNACIO MONTES DE OCA Y OBREGÓN. — JOAQUÍN GARCÍA ICAZBALCETA. — MEXICO’S PROTOMARTYR.
19. 19.IGNACIO M. ALTAMIRANO. — GENIUS AND OBSTACLES. — PLEA FOR A MEXICAN SCHOOL OF WRITING. — THE PROCESSION OF THE CHRISTS.
20. 20.VICTORIANO AGÜEROS. — THE DAY OF THE DEAD. — THE STUDENT AT HOME. — CRITICISM OF THE NEW SCHOOL OF MEXICAN WRITERS. — PEON Y CONTRERAS AND HIS ROMANCES DRAMATICOS.
21. 21.MANUEL GUSTAVO ANTONIO REVILLA — THE FINE ARTS IN MEXICO. — TRES GUERRAS AND TOLSA. — WOOD CARVING IN PUEBLA. — THE WORKS OF TOLSA. — BALTASAR DE ECHAVE. — MIGUEL CABRERA.
22. 22.JOSÉ PEON Y CONTRERAS. — HASTA EL CIELO! — SCENE IV. — SCENE V. — SCENE VII. — SCENE VIII.
23. 23.JOSÉ MARÍA ROA BÁRCENA. — COMBATS IN THE AIR. — NEAR THE ABYSS.
24. 24.JUSTO SIERRA. — THE STORY OF STAREI: A LEGEND OF YELLOW FEVER.
25. 25.VICTORIANO SALADO ÁLBAREZ. — DE AUTOS. — FEDERICO GAMBOA.
26. 26.IRENEO PAZ. — THE AGREEMENT OF EL ZACATE GRULLO.
27. 27.JOSÉ LÓPEZ-PORTILLO Y ROJAS. — EXTRACTS FROM LA PARCELA.
28. 28.MANUEL SÁNCHES MÁRMOL. — EXTRACTS FROM ANTÓN PÉREZ.
29. 29.PORFIRIO PARRA. — EXTRACTS FROM PACOTILLAS.
30. 30.EMILIO RABASA. — THE DAY OF BATTLE. — LA BOLA. — THE INDEPENDENT PRESS.
31. 31.RAFAEL DELGADO. — EXTRACTS FROM CALANDRIA.
32. 32.FEDERICO GAMBOA. — EXTRACTS FROM SUPREMA LEY.

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