Excerpt from A Lecture: Delivered at Passaic, N. J., February 26th, 1856<br><br>To all men, Whether to the historian, the poet, or the romancer; - Mexico possesses great interest. To the historian, the chronicling of the great mutations of her fortunes furnishes a Wide field, to the poet her mountains, her flowers, and her singing birds are suggestive of song, and to the romancer, Spain herself is not more rich in legends than Mexico. Every grand sullen old mountain, each little chapel Whose bell tinkles in some beautiful vale, summoning its little flock of faithful to prayer, has its misty tale, and even the streets of the great cities share the honor. While the historian lingers over the fragmentary records of the Aztec Empire and speculates upon its departed greatness, and the scholar With eager ness scans the hieroglyphics upon the tombs at Xochimilco, and the poet dreams of the sombre sighing cypresses and the loves of Montezuma.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.