JOHN FOSTER FRASER

WITH FORTY-EIGHT PLATES
FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

NEW YORK
FUNK AND WAGNALLS COMPANY

[CONTENTS]

CHAPTERPAGE
1. The Invaders [1]
2. Some Aspects of Buenos Aires [21]
3. Round and About the Capital [31]
4. Railway Development in the Republic [43]
5. Settlement on the Land [52]
6. Argentina's Part in Feeding the World [63]
7. The Constitution and Government [72]
8. Characteristics of the Country [89]
9. "Cabbages and Kings" [101]
10. Live Stock in the Republic [116]
11. The Story of the Railways [134]
12. Rosario [154]
13. Cordoba and its Attractions [158]
14. Bahia Blanca and the Country Beyond [176]
15. The Future of Agriculture [186]
16. Mendoza [199]
17. A Trip into the Andes [212]
18. The Camp [223]
19. A Mixed Grill [235]
20. Tucuman and the Sugar Industry [248]
21. The Industrial Side of the Republic [257]
22. The North-East Country [265]
23. Prospects and Problems [270]
Index [281]

LIST OF PLATES

The Mayo Avenue, Buenos Aires[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
Plaza Del Congreso, Buenos Aires[20]
The Plaza Hotel, Buenos Aires[22]
The Tigre, Buenos Aires Rowing Club[26]
Lola Mora Fountain, Buenos Aires[32]
La Recoleta[36]
The Government Building, La Plata[38]
The Southern Station at La Plata[40]
In the Great Square at La Plata[40]
Statue presented to Argentina by the French Community on the occasion of the Centenary of Independence[42]
Central Argentine Railway Company's Grain Elevators at Buenos Aires[46]
Latest Type of Passenger Locomotive[50]
Latest Type of Dining Car[50]
View of Grazing Lands[54]
A Drinking Place on an Estancia[54]
Branding Calves on an Estancia[60]
A Group of Gauchos[64]
The Chamber of Deputies[74]
The Kindergarten at Mendoza[78]
Ox-Carts in the Argentine[90]
A Typical Argentine Public Park[100]
A Regatta near Buenos Aires[110]
A Fine Argentine Bridge[114]
Breaking-in Horses in the Argentine[120]
Interior of Dining Car, Central Argentine Railway[134]
The Statue of Christ on the Argentina-Chili Frontier[148]
Plaza Constitution Station at Buenos Aires[150]
The Rosario Express, Central Argentine Railway[156]
On the Way to Market in Cordoba[162]
The Ninth Green at Alta Gracia[166]
In the Courtyard of the Monastery at Alta Gracia[166]
The Hotel at Alta Gracia[170]
A Typical House in Cordoba Province[174]
A Street in Bahia Blanca[176]
The Elevators at Ingeniero White[180]
Plaza Riverdavia, Bahia Blanca[182]
A Bahia Blanca Bank[184]
The Town Hall at Bahia Blanca[184]
Conveying Alfalfa to a Railway Station[194]
The Entrance to the Park at Mendoza[200]
The Promenade in Mendoza Park[202]
The Grape Harvest in the Suburbs of Mendoza[204]
In a Mendoza Bodega[208]
"Chico" in Charge[212]
A Corner of the English Club at Mendoza[212]
The Hotel at Inca[218]
The Inca Bridge in the Andes[220]
General View of an Estancia[224]
A Gaucho and his Family[226]
La Rambla, Mar Del Plata[234]
The Esplanade, Mar Del Plata[238]
A Historic Building: "Casa Independencia," at Tucuman[250]
The Statue of San Martin at Tucuman[256]
The Longest Girder Bridge in the Republic, near Santa Fé[266]