The “Antiquities of Mexico,” by Lord Kingsborough . A collation. By Rev. Edmond J. P. Schmitt . San Antonio, MCMI. Pp. 22.
This is another piece of work that occupied the failing energies of Father Schmitt during the period just previous to his death. 102 It seemed to be his special desire to do what might be helpful to other students, and this collation is a good example of the fruit of such a spirit. It is a description of Lord Kingsborough's rare work of a kind to enable one who has not access to the series of volumes himself to judge as well as may be in such case of its contents. Unfortunately, the notes were incomplete when the author died; and the promise in the foreword to indicate, so far as he could ascertain, “the locale, of copies of the work” remains unfulfilled.
Shortly after the collation had been placed in press Father Schmitt died, and the work of editing it fell upon his friend, Miss Adina de Zavala. The difficulties with which she had to contend are sufficiently shown by her note on page 6, which indicates how troublesome the copy was to deal with, but she seems to have been very successful in overcoming them.
Those who have been interested in the description of the Colección de Memorias de Nueva España in the Nation of May 30, 1901, will be pleased to observe from this collation that Lord Kingsborough's work contains several of the documents in that series, and will therefore be a useful check on the copyists of the Colección.
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"The “Antiquities of Mexico,” by Lord Kingsborough", Volume 005, Number 3, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 252 - 253. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v005/n3/review_9.html
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