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In the year 1843, two new books took the American public by storm: one was Prescott’s _History of the Conquest of Mexico_, and the other _Life in Mexico_ by Madame Calderon de la Barca. William Hickling Prescott was already known as an able historian on account of his scholarly _Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain_ which had appeared four years before and elicited praise from all quarters; but his new work outran the former in that the author had succeeded in d… More >>

Life in Mexico

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appr… More >>

A treatise on the principles and practice of life insurance: being an arithmetical explanation of the computations involved in the science of life contingencies, … are added valuable tables for reference