[CONTENTS]
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | [ix] |
| Legend of Don Juan Manuel | [1] |
| Legend of the Obedient Dead Nun | [6] |
| Legend of the Puente del Clérigo | [11] |
| Legend of the Mulata de Córdoba | [15] |
| Legend of the Callejón del Muerto | [22] |
| Legend of the Altar del Perdon | [30] |
| Legend of the Callejón del Armado | [39] |
| Legend of the Aduana de Santo Domingo | [43] |
| Legend of the Calle de la Quemada | [52] |
| Legend of the Calle de la Cruz Verde | [59] |
| Legend of the Mujer Herrada | [64] |
| Legend of the Accursed Bell | [69] |
| Legend of the Callejón del Padre Lecuona | [84] |
| Legend of the Living Spectre | [96] |
| Legend of the Calle de los Parados | [108] |
| Legend of the Calle de la Joya | [112] |
| Legend of the Calle de la Machincuepa | [116] |
| Legend of the Calle del Puente del Cuervo | [127] |
| Legend of La Llorona | [134] |
| NOTES | |
| PAGE | |
| Don Juan Manuel | [141] |
| Altar del Perdon | [145] |
| Aduana de Santo Domingo | [149] |
| La Cruz Verde | [149] |
| Mujer Herrada | [150] |
| Accursed Bell | [153] |
| Callejón del Padre Lecuona | [156] |
| Living Spectre | [159] |
| La Llorona | [162] |
[ILLUSTRATIONS]
| DRAWINGS BY WALTER APPLETON CLARK | ||
| LEGEND OF THE CALLE DEL PUENTE DEL CUERVO | [Frontispiece] | |
| LEGEND OF THE CALLE DEL PUENTE DEL CLÉRIGO | Facing p. | 14 |
| LEGEND OF THE CALLEJÓN DEL ARMADO | " | [40] |
| LEGEND OF THE MUJER HERRADA | " | [66] |
| LEGEND OF THE CALLEJÓN DEL PADRE LECUONA | " | [88] |
| LEGEND OF THE CALLE DE LOS PARADOS | " | [108] |
| PHOTOGRAPHS OF PLACE | ||
| CAPILLA DE LA ESPIRACIÓN | Facing p. | [4] |
| LA CRUZ VERDE | " | [60] |
| HOME OF DOÑA MARÍA | " | [110] |
| HOUSE OF DON JUAN MANUEL | " | [142] |
| DOORWAY, HOUSE OF DON JUAN MANUEL | " | [144] |
| NO. 7 PUERTA FALSA DE SANTO DOMINGO | " | [152] |
| WHERE THE DEAD MAN WAS CONFESSED | " | [156] |
[INTRODUCTION]
These legends of the City of Mexico are of my finding, not of my making. They are genuine folk-stories. Each one of them is a true folk-growth from some obscure curious or tragical ancient matter that, taking hold upon the popular imagination, has had built up from it among the people a story satisfying to the popular heart.