An Aztec Herbal of 1552. Introduction, translation and annotations by E. W. Emmart. (Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1940). 7.50 dollars. The Gardens of Ancient Mexico. By Z. Nuttall . (Ann. Rep.

The Aztecs built what was to become the capital of their empire on a small island in the Lake of Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. Testimonies from the time of the arrival of the Spanish conquerors at ...