"Builded on the ruins of dead thrones
Whose temple walls were old when Thebes was new,
On altars whose weird sacrificial stones
With ghastly offerings were crimson through,
Oblivion hides and holds thy secrets fast,
The dust of ages lies upon thy past,
All-wonderful, mysterious Mexico."

CONTENTS.

[ THE MARTYR.]

I. The King's Council

II. The Revel

III. The Execution

IV. The Waters of Mormon

V. The Flight

VI. The Abduction

VII. The Revenge