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  By Maturin M. Ballou.


  AZTEC LAND. A new Book. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

  THE NEW ELDORADO. A Summer Journey to Alaska.
  Crown 8vo, $1.50.

  DUE WEST; or, ROUND THE WORLD IN TEN MONTHS.
  Crown 8vo, $1.50.

  DUE SOUTH; or, CUBA PAST AND PRESENT. Crown 8vo,
  $1.50.

  UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS; or, TRAVELS IN AUSTRALASIA.
  Crown 8vo, $1.50.

  DUE NORTH; or, GLIMPSES OF SCANDINAVIA AND RUSSIA.
  Crown 8vo, $1.50.

  GENIUS IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

  EDGE-TOOLS OF SPEECH. Selected and edited by Mr.
  BALLOU. 8vo, $3.50.

  A TREASURY OF THOUGHT. An Encyclopaedia of Quotations.
  8vo, full gilt, $3.50.

  PEARLS OF THOUGHT. 16mo, full gilt, $1.25.

  NOTABLE THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN. Crown 8vo,
  $1.50.


  HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & COMPANY,
  BOSTON AND NEW YORK.




AZTEC LAND

BY

MATURIN M. BALLOU




  The dust is old upon my sandal-shoon,
  And still I