{"product_id":"2940148686088","title":"The Fair God (Illustrated)","description":"THE FAIR GOD OR, THE LAST OF THE ’TZINS\u003cbr\u003eA Tale of the Conquest of Mexico\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOTE BY THE AUTHOR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA personal experience, though ever so plainly told, is, generally speaking, more attractive to listeners and readers than fiction. A circumstance from the tongue or pen of one to whom it actually happened, or who was its hero or victim, or even its spectator, is always more interesting than if given second-hand. If the makers of history, contradistinguished from its writers, could teach it to us directly, one telling would suffice to secure our lasting remembrance. The reason is, that the narrative so proceeding derives a personality and reality not otherwise attainable, which assist in making way to our imagination and the sources of our sympathy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith this theory or bit of philosophy in mind, when the annexed book was resolved upon, I judged best to assume the character of a translator, which would enable me to write in the style and spirit of one who not merely lived at the time of the occurrences woven in the text, but was acquainted with many of the historical personages who figure therein, and was a native of the beautiful valley in which the story is located. Thinking to make the descriptions yet more real, and therefore more impressive, I took the liberty of attributing the composition to a literator who, whatever may be thought of his works, was not himself a fiction. Without meaning to insinuate that The Fair God would have been the worse for creation by Don Fernando de Alva, the Tezcucan, I wish merely to say that it is not a translation. Having been so written, however, now that publication is at hand, change is impossible; hence, nothing is omitted,—title-page, introductory, and conclusion are given to the reader exactly as they were brought to the publisher by the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eL.W.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK ONE.\u003cbr\u003eChapter Page\u003cbr\u003eI. Our Mother has a Fortune waiting us Yonder 1\u003cbr\u003eII. Quetzal’, the Fair God 7\u003cbr\u003eIII. A Challenge 13\u003cbr\u003eIV. Tenochtitlan at Night 16\u003cbr\u003eV. The Child of the Temple 20\u003cbr\u003eVI. The Cû of Quetzal’, and Mualox, the Paba 25\u003cbr\u003eVII. The Prophecy on the Wall 30\u003cbr\u003eVIII. A Business Man in Tenochtitlan 39\u003cbr\u003eIX. The Questioner of the Morning 46\u003cbr\u003eX. Going to the Combat 50\u003cbr\u003eXI. The Combat 59\u003cbr\u003eXII. Mualox, and his World 68\u003cbr\u003eXIII. The Search for Quetzal’ 74\u003cbr\u003eBOOK TWO.\u003cbr\u003eI. Who are the Strangers? 83\u003cbr\u003eII A Tezcucan Lover 89\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Banishment of Guatamozin 95\u003cbr\u003eIV. Guatamozin at Home 103\u003cbr\u003eV. Night at the Chalcan’s 112\u003cbr\u003eVI. The Chinampa 120\u003cbr\u003eVII. Court Gossip 126\u003cbr\u003eVIII. Guatamozin and Mualox 130\u003cbr\u003eIX. A King’s Banquet 135\u003cbr\u003eX. The ’Tzin’s Love 141\u003cbr\u003eXI. The Chant 150\u003cbr\u003eBOOK THREE.\u003cbr\u003eI. The First Combat 162\u003cbr\u003eII. The Second Combat 169\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Portrait 180\u003cbr\u003eIV. The Trial 183\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FOUR.\u003cbr\u003eI. The King gives a Trust to Hualpa 192\u003cbr\u003eII. The King and the ’Tzin 198\u003cbr\u003eIII. Love on the Lake 207\u003cbr\u003eIV. The King demands a Sign of Mualox 214\u003cbr\u003eV. The Massacre in Cholula 220\u003cbr\u003eVI. The Conqueror will come 230\u003cbr\u003eVII. Montezuma goes to meet Cortez 239\u003cbr\u003eVIII. The Entry 246\u003cbr\u003eBOOK FIVE.\u003cbr\u003eI. Public Opinion 257\u003cbr\u003eII. A Message from the Gods 261\u003cbr\u003eIII. How Ills of State become Ills of Society 267\u003cbr\u003eIV. Ennuyé in the Old Palace 275\u003cbr\u003eV. Alvarado finds the Light of the World 282\u003cbr\u003eVI. The Iron Cross 291\u003cbr\u003eVII. The Christians in the Toils 299\u003cbr\u003eVIII. The Iron Cross comes back to its Giver 306\u003cbr\u003eIX. Truly Wonderful—A Fortunate Man hath a Memory 315\u003cbr\u003eX. How the Iron Cross came back 317\u003cbr\u003eXI. The Christian takes care of his own 325\u003cbr\u003eBOOK SIX.\u003cbr\u003eI. The Lord Hualpa flees his Fortune 339\u003cbr\u003eII. Whom the Gods destroy they first make mad 347\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Public Opinion makes Way 357\u003cbr\u003eIV. The ’Tzin’s Farewell to Quetzal’ 364\u003cbr\u003eV. The Cells of Quetzal’ again 374\u003cbr\u003eVI. Lost in the Old Cû 379\u003cbr\u003eVII. How the Holy Mother helps her Children 385\u003cbr\u003eVIII. The Paba’s Angel 392\u003cbr\u003eIX. Life in the Paba’s World 404\u003cbr\u003eX. The Angel becomes a Beadswoman 410\u003cbr\u003eXI. The Public Opinion proclaims itself—Battle 427\u003cbr\u003eBOOK SEVEN.\u003cbr\u003eI. The Heart can be wiser than the Head 438\u003cbr\u003eII. The Conqueror on the Causeway again 449\u003cbr\u003eIII. 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