A Vanished Arcadia
Being Some Account of the Jesuits in Paraguay
1607 to 1767

By R. B. Cunninghame Graham
Author of "Mogreb-El-Acksa", etc.

With a Map [not included in ASCII text]





I DEDICATE
THIS SHORT ACCOUNT OF

A VANISHED ARCADIA

TO THE AUTHOR OF

`SANTA TERESA, HER LIFE AND TIMES',

BEING CERTAIN THAT
THE LIFE OF ALL SAINTS IS TO THEM AND US AN ARCADIA;
UNKNOWN TO THEM AND TO US VANISHED WITH THEIR LIVES,
YET STILL REMEMBERED, FITFULLY AS ARE THE JESUITS
IN PARAGUAY, BY A FEW FAITHFUL,
WHEN THE ANGELUS WAKES RECOLLECTION IN THE INDIANS' HEARTS.
BUT, THEN, THE ANGELUS (EVEN OF MEMORY)
IS TO THE MOST PART OF MANKIND ONLY