Reviews several books on colonial Mexico. Such books include: `Relatos Aztecas de la Conquista,' edited by Georges Baudot and Tzvetan Todorov; `The Slippery Earth: Nahua-Christian Dialogue in Sixteenth-Century Mexico,' by Louise Burkhart; `Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco,' by Susan Schroeder; `The Conquest of the Sierra: Spaniards and Indians in Colonial Oaxaca,' by John Chance; More.