Excerpt from A White Umbrella in Mexico I have delighted my soul with the sway ing Of the lilies in the sunlight, the rush of the roses crowding over mouldy walls, the broad-leaved palms cooling the Shad ows, and have wasted none of my precious time searching for the lizard and the mole crawling at their roots. Content with the novelty and charm of the picturesque life about me, I have watched the naked children at play and the patient peon at work; and the haughty hidalgo, armed and guarded, inspecting his plantation and the dark-skinned seno rita with her lips pressed close to the gratings Of the confessional; and even the stealthy, furtive glance of the outlaw, without caring to analyze or solve any one of the many social and religious problems which make these conditions possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.