. Review of reviews and world's work. RUINS OF AN ANCIENT CHURCH IN GUATEMALA ANTIGUA. (Low houses of an earthquake country. The Volcan deAgua is seen at a little distance.) 442 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REI^/EIV OF ) IN MILD ACTION —FUOM LAKE N ICA l{A(i LA. been intense, lavas predominating for miles aboutthe now tranquil peaks standing gray and naked;ominous though silent. In this extended range of volcanic mountainsstretching from southern Mexico to Costa Rica asoil develops from the decomposing lavas whichis peculiarly adapted to coffee-cultivation, and itis truly said that
. Review of reviews and world's work. RUINS OF AN ANCIENT CHURCH IN GUATEMALA ANTIGUA. (Low houses of an earthquake country. The Volcan deAgua is seen at a little distance.) 442 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REI^/EIV OF ) IN MILD ACTION —FUOM LAKE N ICA l{A(i LA. been intense, lavas predominating for miles aboutthe now tranquil peaks standing gray and naked;ominous though silent. In this extended range of volcanic mountainsstretching from southern Mexico to Costa Rica asoil develops from the decomposing lavas whichis peculiarly adapted to coffee-cultivation, and itis truly said that only from below the volcanoescan that delicate coffee be had so abundantlyproduced in Central America, and for whichthose regions have become celebrated almostthroughout the world. Many of the coffee plan-tations suffer their full burden of afflictionsbecause of the angry volcanoes, and we hear, attimes, of ruined crops, plantations buried underashes, and bi;ildings destroyed. In general,however, these regions are prosperous, and thepeople plant again, for it is only at times thatthe volcanoes break out, and in Costa Rica therehas never been any trouble from such disturb-ances. EARTHQUAKES AT PANAMA. Active vo
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