VENEZUELA:

Colombian and Venezuelan republics, The: Scruggs. 89.

Estudios indígenas. Contribuciones a la historia antigua de

Venezuela: Rojas. 85.

New Granada, The conquest of: Markham. 64.

Through five republics of South America. A critical description

of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Venezuela in 1905:

Martin. 67.

Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena: Mozans. 72.

Venezuela: Dalton. 28.

Venezuela: General descriptive data. 99.

Venezuela, the land where it’s always summer: Curtis. 28.

Wilderness, Our search for a: Beebe. 9.

A BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS IN SPANISH, ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE, WITH

COMMENTS

=Acarete du Biscay, _Mons[ieur]_: An account of a voyage up the river

de la Plata, and thence overland to Peru. With observations on the

inhabitants, as well as Indians and Spaniards; the cities, commerce,

fertility, and riches of that part of America.= By _Mons[ieur]_ Acarete

du Biscay. London, printed for Samuel Buckley, at the Dolphin over

against St. Dunstan’s church in Fleet street, 1698. 79 pp. 12mo. 1 map.

An “original document,” and as such of interest and value,

provided comparison be made with other historical sources of

information, and with the facts which we have since acquired

regarding geography, etc.

=Acevedo, Eduardo: José Artigas, jefe de los orientales y protector de

los pueblos libres. Su obra cívica. Alegato histórico.= Por Eduardo

Acevedo. (In 3 vols. 8ᵒ.) Montevideo, Gregorio V. Marino. Vol. I. 1909.

504 pp. front. Vol. II. 1909. 663 pp. Vol. III. 1910. 888 pp.

According to the compiler, an alegato (allegation), with

“textual transcription of all the accusations and all the

eulogies of which Artigas has been the object, and an

examination of the evidence adduced.” It contains material

of value for the study of Artigas, and the history of the

countries about the río de la Plata during the decade from

1810-1820.

=Acuña, Christopher de: Voyages and discoveries in South America. The

first up the river of Amazons to Quito in Peru, and back again to Brazil,

perform’d at the command of the king of Spain.= By Christopher D’Acugna.

=The second up the river of Plata, and thence by land to the mines of

Postosí.= By Mons. Acarete. =The third from Cayenne into Guiana, in

search of the lake of Parima, reputed the richest place in the world.=

By M. Grillet and Bechamel. Done into English from the originals, being

the only account of those parts hitherto extant. The whole illustrated

with notes and maps. London, printed for S. Buckley at the Dolphin over

against St. Dunstan’s church in Fleet street, 1698. viii, [190 pp.].

12mo. 1 map.

Valuable original sources of information regarding the

adventures of these early explorers, and their impressions of

the countries visited.

=Akers, Charles Edmond: A history of South America, 1854-1904. With an

additional chapter bringing the history to the present day.= By Charles

Edmond Akers. New York, E. P. Dutton & co., 1912. xxviii, 716 pp. 8ᵒ.

front. 7 maps. 46 illus.

The author says: “A residence of fourteen years in South

America ... brought home to me the need of a concise history

of the various South American states”; to meet this need he

felt called upon to write the present work; an examination of

it leads to the conclusion, however, that the want of a proper

history of South America in English is quite as great now as

it was before the appearance of this work; from the fanciful

presentment of the coat of arms which appears upon the cover,

and which is not South American, but Mexican, to the small

detail of spelling, this book is a jumble of surnames (often

unaccompanied by Christian names), statistics, unimportant

fragments of history, trivial generalizations, bad English

and inconsistent Spanish orthography; the first sentence in

the body of the work shows a rare ingenuity in the mixing of

metaphors: “The beginning of the nineteenth century found the

Spanish colonies seething with discontent against the rule of

the mother country, and so ripe for revolt that a spark only

was necessary to fire the train;” and this is but a foretaste

of the extraordinary style in which this author unburdens his

mind; the result is neither entertaining nor instructive.

=Agassiz, _Professor_, and _Mrs._ Louis [Elizabeth Cary] Agassiz: A

journey in Brazil.= By _Professor_ Agassiz and _Mrs._ Louis [Elizabeth

Cary] Agassiz. Boston, Ticknor & Fields, 1868. xix, 540 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 19

illus.

An interesting description of a journey made by acute observers

who were gifted with the power of expression; properly

documented; of importance to students of geography, botany,

zoölogy and ethnology.

=Agassiz, Louis: Scientific results of a journey in Brazil by Louis

Agassiz and his traveling companions. Geology and physical geography of

Brazil.= By Ch. Fred. Hartt, professor of geology in Cornell university.

With illustrations and maps. (Under caption: “Thayer expedition.”)

Boston, Fields, Osgood & co., 1870. xxiii, 620 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 4 maps. 68

illus.

A sterling and well documented work by trained observers.

=Anderson, C. L. G.: Old Panama and Castilla del Oro. A narrative history

of the discovery, conquest, and settlement by the Spaniards of Panama,

Darien, Veragua, Santo Domingo, Santa Marta, Cartagena, Nicaragua, and

Peru; including the four voyages of Columbus to America, the discovery

of the Pacific ocean by Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, a description of the

aborigines of the Isthmus, accounts of the search for the strait through

the new world and early efforts for a canal, the daring raids of Sir

Francis Drake, the Buccaneers in the Caribbean and South seas, the sack

of the city of Old Panama by Henry Morgan, and the story of the Scots

colony on Caledonia bay.= With maps and rare illustrations. By Dr. C. L.

G. Anderson, medical reserve corps, United States army; etc. Boston, The

Page co., MDCCCCXIV. xv, 559 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 3 maps. 38 illus.

A welcome and readable volume which deals with the history

of the Isthmus of Panamá during the early colonial period,

composed largely of free translations of documentary material,

without adequate foot-notes.

=Argentine republic, The: General descriptive data prepared in June,

1909.= By the International bureau of American republics. Washington,

D.C., Government printing office, 1909. 32 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 15 illus.

While this pamphlet, from the very nature of the case, like

other similar pamphlets published by the Pan American union,

is necessarily of very limited scope, it is of value to the

general reader who may be interested in present or moderately

recent conditions.

=Arias, Harmodio: The Panama canal. A study in international law and

diplomacy.= By Harmodio Arias, B.A., LL.B., sometime exhibitioner

and prizeman of St. John’s college, Cambridge, Quain prizeman in

international law, university of London. London, P. S. King & son, 1911.

xiv, 192 pp. 12mo.

A well documented review of the treaties, and of the bearing

of the Monroe doctrine, a consideration of the principles

which underlie the neutralization of waterways, a comparison

of the Suez and the Panamá canals and a discussion of the

fortification of the Panamá canal, with an appendix containing

the treaties involved.

=Aymé, Louis H.: Ancient temples and cities of the new world—Mitla.= By

Louis H. Aymé, consul general of the United States at Lisbon, Portugal.

Bulletin of the Pan American union, September, 1911. pp. 548-567. 3 maps.

12 illus.

Devoted in the main to a description of the group of structures

known as the hall or palace of the pillars or northern group,

and the southern group; an interesting popular description,

with excellent pictures.

=Baerlein, Henry: Mexico, the land of unrest. Being chiefly an account

of what produced the outbreak in 1910, together with the story of

the revolution down to this day.= By Henry Baerlein, lately special

correspondent of “The Times,” in Mexico, author of “On the forgotten

road,” “The Diwan of Abu’l Ala,” etc. London, Herbert & Daniel, [1913].

ix, 461 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 86 illus.

A bulky work with a title-page in two colors, intended to

explain the downfall of Porfirio Díaz and to give an account

of subsequent events; egotistical, dogmatic, vindictive,

reportorial in style, wanting in perspective of experience or

knowledge of history; one of numerous recent works that, while

seeking to explain conditions in México, have but obscured the

situation.

=Baessler, Arthur: Ancient Peruvian art. Contributions to the archæology

of the empire of the Incas.= From his collections by Arthur Baessler.

Translation by A. H. Keane. (In 4 vols. 20 × 14⅝ in.) Leipsic, Karl

W. Hiersemann; Berlin, A. Asher & co.; New York, Dodd, Mead & co.,

1902-1903. Vol. I. Drawings and paintings, representations in relief and

on the round on north Peruvian earthenware; ornamental motives, houses

and temple-pyramids; human beings, plates 1-49. Vol. II. Drawings and

paintings, representations in relief and on the round on north Peruvian

earthenware; mythical animals, plates 50-81. Vol. III. Drawings and

paintings, representations in relief and on the round on north Peruvian

earthenware; mythical persons, plates 82-130. Vol. IV. Paintings on

earthenware from Pachacamac, plates 131-165.

Of rare interest and importance to students of Peruvian

archæology.

=Bancroft, Hubert Howe: History of Mexico; being a popular history of the

Mexican people from the earliest primitive civilization to the present

time.= By Hubert Howe Bancroft. Maps and illustrations. New York, The

Bancroft co., 1914. iv, 581 pp. 12mo. 47 maps. 151 illus.

Practically a reprint of the edition of 1887, with a few highly

colored additions, made to cover recent events; awkward and

inaccurate in style, and adding nothing of importance to the

general accumulation of knowledge; a disappointment, in view

of the fact that this author had access to vast stores of

information already collected by himself.

=Bancroft, Hubert Howe: History of the Pacific states of North America.=

By Hubert Howe Bancroft. (Of this Mexico is treated in Vols. IV-IX.) San

Francisco, A. L. Bancroft & co., 1883. Vol. IV. 1516-1521. cxii, 702 pp.

8ᵒ. 6 maps, 5 in text. 3 illus. Vol. V. 1521-1600. xiv, 790 pp. 8ᵒ. 17

maps, 16 in text. 5 illus. Vol. VI. 1600-1803. xv, 780 pp. 8ᵒ. 14 maps,

13 in text. 5 illus. Vol. VII. 1804-1824. xiv, 829 pp. 8ᵒ. 30 maps in

text. 7 illus. Vol. VIII. xiii, 812 pp. 8ᵒ. 34 maps, 33 in text. Vol. IX.

xii, 760 pp. 8ᵒ. 25 maps, 24 in text.

A veritable storehouse and bibliography of material for

history; in no sense an ordered and finished work.

=Bandelier, A. F.: The gilded man (El dorado), and other pictures of the

Spanish occupancy of America.= New York, D. Appleton & co., 1893. 302 pp.

8ᵒ.

A reliable, interesting and dramatic relation of the following

ancient stories: I: El dorado: 1 Cundinamarca, 2 Meta, 3

Omagua, 4 The expedition of Úrsula and Aguirre; II: Cibola: 1

The Amazons, 2 The seven cities, 3 Francisco Vásquez Coronado,

4 The New Mexican pueblos, 5 Quivira; III: The massacre of

Cholula; IV: The ancient city of Santa Fe; V: Jean l’Archévéque.

=Bandelier, Adolph F[rancis Alphonse]: The island of Titicaca and Koati.=

Illustrated By Adolph F[rancis Alphonse] Bandelier. New York, The

Hispanic society of America, 1910. xvi (1), 358 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 3 maps. 82

illus.

An accurate and illuminating account of the central shrine of

the Incas, by one whose intimate knowledge of the native races

of America, based upon competent and thorough researches, makes

him a prime authority.

=Baralt, Rafael María, y Díaz, Ramón: Resúmen de la historia de Venezuela

desde el año de 1797 hasta el de 1850.= Por Rafael María Baralt y Ramon

Diaz. Tiene al fin un breve bosquejo histórico que comprende los años

de 1834 hasta 1857. (In 3 vols. 12mo.) Paris, imprenta de H. Fournier y

compⁱᵃ, 1841. Vol. I. 598 [1] pp. front. 19 illus. Vol. II. 571 [1] pp.

front. 21 illus. Vol. III. 448 [1] pp. front. 4 illus.

A work that covers the most important period of the history

of this country; of merit and importance, and worthy of the

attention of serious investigators, particularly of those who

are interested in the career of Bolívar.

=Barra, Eduardo de la: El problema de los Andes.= By Eduardo de la Barra,

ingeniero geógrafo. Buenos Aires, imprenta de Pablo E. Coni é hijos,

1895. 407 pp. 12mo.

A technical discussion of the boundary between Chile and

Argentina, written in a good spirit, and of considerable value

for the historian and the geographer.

=Barrett, John: Latin-America of to-day and its relations to the United

States.= In proceedings of American political science association at the

14th annual meeting held in Madison, Wisconsin, December 27-31, 1907. pp.

34-45. 8ᵒ. By honorable John Barrett, director general of the bureau of

American republics. Baltimore, Maryland, The Waverly press, 1908.

A hasty review of the relations existing seven years ago

between the United States and the countries to the southward,

with a sketch of the development of the International bureau of

American republics (Pan American union).

=Barrett, John: Panama canal, what it is, what it means.= By John

Barrett, director general of the Pan American union, etc. Washington,

D.C., Pan American union, 1913. 120 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 7 maps. 82 illus.

An historical sketch of the Isthmus, and of the Canal, and

of the works pertaining to it, with a considerable array

of statistics, a gazetteer of names, a collection of maps

and pictures which gives a good idea of the undertaking; of

interest to the general reader.

=Bates, Henry Walter: The naturalist on the river Amazons. A record of

adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and

aspects of nature under the equator, during eleven years of travel.= By

Henry Walter Bates. In two vols. London, John Murray, 1863. Vol. I. viii,

351 pp. 12mo. front. 1 map. 17 illus. Vol. II. iv, 423 pp. 12mo. front.

23 illus.

The personal observations of a discerning traveler and

investigator, made before many of the regions which he visited

had fallen under European influence.

=Bechamel, Francis=: (see _Grillet_ and _Acuña_).

=Beebe, Mary Blair, and C. William: Our search for a wilderness. An

account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British

Guiana.= By Mary Blair Beebe and C. William Beebe, curator of ornithology

in the New York zoölogical park, etc. Illustrated with photographs from

life taken by the authors. New York, Henry Holt & co., 1910. xi, 408 pp.

8ᵒ. front. 160 illus.

Worthy of all praise and of universal possession; many of the

illustrations are of extraordinary excellence.

=Bell, Alured Gray: The beautiful Rio de Janeiro.= By Alured Gray Bell.

London, Heinemann, (no date). xix, 194 pp. 4ᵒ. front. 3 maps. 2 charts.

58 illus. in colors, 110 illus. in black and white.

The author has the frankness to say in his introduction:

“This is a subventioned work—subventioned by ... ministers of

state and other magnates, who desire that English-speaking

people should be better acquainted than our schoolboy with the

magnificent metropolis of Brazil. Under such obligations I have

endeavored to avoid flattery, quite satisfied that it defeats

the very purpose of advertisement.” Bearing this in mind, and

expecting only the popular, superficial and admirative style,

the reader will not be disappointed in this work; it gives

a good impression of the Brazilian capital, and furnishes

statistics and other data regarding the city, its institutions,

trade, etc.

=Bell, Edward I.: The political shame of Mexico.= By Edward I. Bell,

formerly editor and publisher of “La Prensa” and “The Daily Mexican” of

Mexico City. New York, McBride, Nast & co., 1914. [ix], 422 pp. 12mo.

front. 11 illus. (Under series caption: “International bureau of American

republics.”)

Although wanting in perspective of historical knowledge,

displaying evidence of bias, and in many respects inaccurate,

this work is based upon well used exceptional opportunities

for personal observation regarding the secret diplomacy of the

successors of Díaz; it is therefore an interesting and valuable

human document, in which the author seems to make good his

contention that, although the government of the United States

has usually been honest in its dealings with México, it has

been invariably mistaken.

=Bennett, Frank: Forty years in Brazil.= By Frank Bennett. Illustrated.

London, Mills & Boon, ltd., [1914.] xxiii, 271 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 30 illus.

A little of everything: geography, history, science, trade,

customs; to be commended for simplicity, accuracy, kind of

information supplied, emphasis, and general readableness.

=Bernárdez, Manuel: El Brazil, su vida, su trabajo, su futuro. Itinerario

periodístico.= Por Manuel Bernárdez. Buenos Aires (R. Argentina), 1908.

xxxv, 284 pp. 8ᵒ. 4 maps, 1 of which is in relief. 122 illus.

A general survey of the country and people, with very

instructive although not well executed pictures.

=Bigelow, John: American policy. The western hemisphere in its

relation to the eastern.= By John Bigelow, major U.S. army, retired;

author of “Mars-la-tour and Gravelotte,” “The principles of

strategy,” “Reminiscences of the Santiago campaign,” “The campaign of

Chancellorsville.” New York, Charles Scribner’s sons, 1914. vi, 184 pp.

12mo. 1 map.

A terse, sound, philosophic and suggestive statement of the

principles that underlie the international policy of the United

States, and of the problems that confront the other countries

of this hemisphere and the United States in its relation to

them; of great value.

=Biggs, James: The history of don Francisco de Miranda’s attempt to

effect a revolution in South America in a series of letters.= By James

Biggs, revised, corrected, and enlarged; to which are annexed sketches of

the life of Miranda, and geographical notices of Caracas. London, printed

for the author by T. Gillet, 1809. xv, 312 pp. 12 mo.

Letters written at the time by one who participated in the

venture; of use to such students as may be able to make

allowance for the temperament and attitude of the author.

=Bigg-Wither, Thomas P.: Pioneering in south Brazil. Three years of

forest and prairie life in the province of Paraná.= By Thomas P.

Bigg-Wither, assoc. inst. C. E., F.R.G.S. In two vols. With map and

illustrations. London, John Murray, 1878. Vol. I. xiii, 378 pp. 12mo.

front. 1 map. 8 illus. Vol. II. x, 328 pp. 12mo. front. 1 map. 10 illus.

A record of interesting travel and adventures, overloaded with

superfluous details.

=Bilbao, Manuel: Buenos Aires desde su fundación hasta nuestros dias.

Especialmente el período comprendido en los siglos XVIII y XIX. Precedido

de una carta del doctor don Vicente Fidel López.= Por Manuel Bilbao,

Buenos Aires, imprenta de Juan A. Alsina, 1902. xiii. 664 pp. 8ᵒ.

A brief survey of the early history of Buenos Aires, and an

extended account of its more recent development, with attention

to well verified familiar tradition; it contains valuable

material for the historian.

=Bingham, Hiram: Across South America. An account of a journey from

Buenos Aires to Lima by way of Potosí. With notes on Brazil, Argentine,

Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.= By Hiram Bingham, Yale university. With eighty

illustrations and maps. Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin co., 1911.

xvi, 405 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 7 maps. 75 illus.

A notable addition to the literature on this subject, judicious

in tone, sympathetic, the work of a trained observer; marred by

errors and inconsistencies of grammar and orthography.

=Bingham, Hiram: In the wonderland of Peru. A work accomplished by the

Peruvian expedition of 1912, under the auspices of Yale university and

the National geographic society.= By Hiram Bingham, director of the

expedition. Reprinted from the National geographic magazine, April, 1913.

Washington, press of Judd and Detweiler, 1915. 187 pp. 8ᵒ. 1 map. 253

illus.

An instructive popular account of the expedition and

investigations, with reproductions of many good photographs.

=Bingham, Hiram: The Monroe doctrine, an obsolete shibboleth.= By Hiram

Bingham. New Haven, Yale university press; London, Humphrey Milford,

Oxford university press, MDCCCCXIII. vii, 154 pp. 16mo.

An interesting statement with which the well informed will

probably agree, and which emphasizes the need of a general

American formula and understanding that may serve to take the

place of what was once a useful doctrine, but which is now both

improper and disturbing.

=Bingham, Hiram: The possibilities of South American history and politics

as a field for research.= By Hiram Bingham. Reprinted from the “Bulletin”

of the International bureau of the American republics [Pan American

union.] February, 1908. 18 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph.

A suggestive and helpful indication of available materials,

with abundant foot-notes; of considerable bibliographical value.

=Bingham, Hiram: Vitcos, the last Inca capital.= By Hiram Bingham,

director of the Yale Peruvian expedition. In proceedings of the

Antiquarian society, April 10, 1912-October 16, 1912. [Wooster, published

by the society, 1912.] pp. 135-196. 8ᵒ. 1 map. 7 illus.

A genuine contribution to scientific knowledge, with a

bibliography at the back.

=Biscay, Acarete du: An account of a voyage up the river de la Plata, and

thence over land to Peru. With observations on the inhabitants, as well

as Indians and Spaniards; the cities, commerce, fertility, and riches of

that part of America.= By Acarete du Biscay. London, printed for Samuel

Buckley, at the Dolphin over against St. Dunstan’s church in Fleet

street, 1698. 68 pp. 12mo. [Bound in with Christopher d’Acugna’s

work. See _Acuña_.]

=Bishop, Farnham: Panamá, past and present.= By Farnham Bishop. New York,

The Century co., 1913. xvi, 271 pp. 12mo. front. 88 illus.

A satisfactory historical sketch, and an accurate description

of the construction and equipment of the Canal, based

upon information gathered under exceptionably favorable

circumstances.

=Bolivia: General descriptive data prepared in June, 1909.= By the

International bureau of American republics. Washington, D.C., Government

printing office, 1909. 13 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 1 illus.

See comment on the similar pamphlet: “Argentine republic, the:

General descriptive data,” etc.

=Bonsai, Stephen: The American Mediterranean.= By Stephen Bonsai, author

of “The fight for Santiago,” “The golden horseshoe,” etc. Illustrated.

New York, Moffat, Yard & co., 1912. ix, 488 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 2 maps. 15

illus.

A record of the experiences of several voyages among the

Caribbean countries, in the chatty, superficial style that

usually goes with ephemeral literature; not without interest to

those who are content to wander far for little information.

=Bourgade, _Dr._ E. de la Dardye: Paraguay: the land and the people,

natural wealth and commercial capabilities.= By _Dr._ E. de la Dardye

Bourgade. English edition, edited by E. G. Ravenstein, F.R.G.S. With map

and illustrations. London and Liverpool, George Philip & son, 1892. xiii,

243 pp. 12mo. front. 1 map. 12 illus.

A satisfactory description of physical features, social life,

and industries, as seen during the author’s two years’ stay in

the country, with appendixes containing statistics and a table

of moneys, weights and measures.

=Boyce, W. D.: Illustrated South America. A Chicago publisher’s

travels and investigations in the republics of South America, with 500

photographs of people and scenes from the Isthmus of Panama to the

Straits of Magellan.= By W. D. Boyce, publisher of the “Chicago Saturday

Blade” and the “Chicago Ledger.” Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally &

co., [1912]. xv, 638 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 1 map. 500 illus.

A hodge-podge of superficial observations, crude opinions,

fragments of history, and statistics regarding all the

countries of South America, extensively but not well

illustrated, and written in an abominable style.

=Brandon, Edgar Ewing: Latin-American universities and special schools.=

By Edgar Ewing Brandon, vice president of Miami university, [Ohio].

(Under caption: “United States bureau of education, bulletin, 1912: No.

30.”) Washington, Government printing office, 1913. 153 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 71

illus.

A work of exceptional value, inasmuch as it is not merely

the only one of its character, but also because it was

conscientiously and well prepared; the illustrations in

general are good; it should be in the hands of all North

American educators and librarians.

=Brazil: General descriptive data prepared in June, 1909.= By the

International bureau of American republics. Washington, D.C., Government

printing office, 1909. 37 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 13 illus.

See comment on the similar pamphlet: “Argentine republic, the:

General descriptive data,” etc.

=Brinton, Daniel G.: A primer of Mayan hieroglyphics.= By Daniel G.

Brinton, A.M., M.D., LL.D., Sc.D., professor of American archæology and

linguistics in the university of Pennsylvania, president of the American

association for the advancement of science, etc., etc. (Under caption:

“Publications of the university of Pennsylvania. Series in philology,

literature, and archæology. Vol. II, No. 2.”) Ginn & co., agents for

the United States, Canada, and England, (no date.) vi, 152 pp. 8ᵒ. 141

reproductions of picture writings.

Clear, comprehensive, concise; of real interest and value for

the serious historian.

=Brinton, Daniel G.: Rig Veda Americanus. Sacred songs of the ancient

Mexicans, with a gloss in Nahuatl. Edited, with a paraphrase, notes and

vocabulary.= By Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., M.D., professor of American

archæology and linguistics in university of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia,

the author, 1890. (Under caption: “Brinton’s library of aboriginal

American literature. Number VIII.”) 95 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 4 illus.

Interesting to both the specialist and the general reader, to

the former because of its linguistic and ethnic value, to the

latter because of the glimpse which it gives of primitive

psychology.

=Brinton, Daniel G.: The native calendar of Central America and Mexico,

a study in linguistics and symbolism.= By Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., M.D.,

LL.D., D.Sc., professor of American archæology and linguistics in the

university of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, MacCalla & co., 1893. 59 pp. 8ᵒ.

A well documented and thorough discussion of these most

important of surviving intellectual monuments.

=Brown, C. Barrington, and Lidstone, William: Fifteen thousand miles on

the Amazon and its tributaries.= By C. Barrington Brown, assoc. R.S.M.,

author of “Canoe and camp life in British Guiana,” and William Lidstone,

C.E. With map and wood engravings. London, Edward Stanford, 1878. xiii,

520 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 1 map. 23 illus.

A book of travel, with numerous observations and incidents;

although much too long, and overloaded with trivial details, it

contains material that may serve the student of geography and

ethnology.

=Brown, Hubert W.: Latin America. Students’ lectures on missions.

Princeton theological seminary. MCMI. The pagans, the papists, the

protestants and the present-day problem.= By Hubert W. Brown, M.A.

Illustrated. New York, Fleming H. Revell co., 1901. Reprint: Young

people’s missionary movement of the United States and Canada, 1909. 308

pp. 12mo. front. 20 illus.

Pardoning the obvious tendency to alliteration and the frankly

sectarian bias of the professional missionary, an interesting

plea for the author’s kind of religion, with felicitous

presentations of fragments of history, social usages, and the

life in general of fairly diversified types of people in México

and Central and South America.

=Bruce, G. J.: Brazil and the Brazilians.= By G. J. Bruce. With eight

illustrations. New York, Dodd, Mead & co., 1914. 307 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 7

illus.

A source of considerable information in a very light vein.

=Bryce, James: South America. Observations and impressions.= By James

Bryce, author of “The holy Roman empire,” “The American commonwealth,”

etc. With maps. New York, The Macmillan co., 1912. xxiv, 611 pp. 8ᵒ. 5

maps.

Probably none but the gifted and distinguished author of this

work could produce so readable and interesting a volume under

the circumstances which attended his brief visit to South

America; his intention was so excellent, and the style is so

admirable, that one is disposed to forgive the misapprehensions

and consequent misinterpretations which sprang from the natural

limitations to which he was subjected.

=Buley, E. C.: North Brazil. Physical features, natural resources, means

of communication, manufactures and industrial development.= (South

American handbooks.) By E. C. Buley. New York, D. Appleton & co., MCMXIV.

216 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 3 maps. 15 illus.

An account of geography, climate, plants, animals, history,

distribution of population, government, social conditions,

industries, public service and transportation; excellent in

every way.

=Buley, E. C.: South Brazil. Physical features, natural resources,

means of communication, manufactures and industrial development.=

(South American handbooks.) By E. C. Buley. London, Bath, New York, and

Melbourne, Sir Isaac Pitman & sons, ltd., 1914. 219 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 2

maps. 14 illus.

See comment on “North Brazil” by this author.

=Bullard, Arthur [Albert Edwards]: Panama, the canal, the country and the

people.= By Arthur Bullard. Revised edition with additional chapters.

Illustrated, New York, The Macmillan co., 1914. xiv, 601 pp. 12mo. front.

44 illus.

When the author says in his preface, “the works of Bancroft,

Fiske, Irving, Prescott and Winsor—the principal authorities

on the epoch of discovery and colonization—have been freely

used,” he utters a truth in the last part of his statement and

an absurdity when he characterizes these as “the principal

authorities,” that remove him from consideration as a serious

or original historian; he slides awkwardly upon the surface of

things, expressing himself with that dogmatism which is not

infrequently associated with ignorance.

=Bulnes, Francisco: El verdadero Juárez y la verdad sobre la intervención

y el imperio.= Por Francisco Bulnes. París y México, librería de la vda.

de Ch. Bouret, 1904. 873 pp. 8ᵒ. front. of author.

A diatribe against the Mexican reformer, with a clerical and

conservative bias; the ample documentation does not sustain the

generalizations. See “Juárez” by _García, Genaro_.

=Burke, Ulick Ralph: A life of Benito Juárez, constitutional president

of Mexico.= By Ulick Ralph Burke, M.A., author of “A life of Gonsalva de

Cordova,” etc. London and Sydney, Remington & co., 1894. x, 384 pp. 12mo.

front. 1 map.

A well documented and useful biography, barring inexcusably

bad Spanish, which one must usually forgive English writers

regarding the American countries.

=Burton, _Captain_ Richard F[rancis]: Explorations of the highlands of

the Brazil; with a full account of the gold and diamond mines; also,

canoeing down 1500 miles of the great river São Francisco, from Sabará

to the sea.= By _Captain_ Richard F[rancis] Burton, F.R.G.S., etc. In 2

vols. 8ᵒ. London, Tinsley bros., 1869. Vol. I. x, 443 pp. front. Vol. II.

viii, 478 pp. front. 1 map.

Of much value to the student of geography who knows how to make

allowance for the strong and predetermining characteristics of

the author.

=Burton, _Captain_ Richard F[rancis]: Letters from the battle-fields

of Paraguay.= By _Captain_ Richard F[rancis] Burton, F.R.G.S., etc.,

author of “Explorations of the highlands of Brazil,” etc. With a map and

illustrations. London, Tinsley bros., 1870. xix, 491 pp. 8ᵒ. front.

Sprightly and interesting, in the manner of all the writings

of this indefatigable traveler and author, without being

either fair or conclusive; inadequate, dogmatic, unsupported

by references, yet occasionally presenting an illuminating

observation.

=Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Núñez=: (see _Schmidt, Ulrich_).

=Calderón, Francisco García: La creación de un continente.= By Francisco

García Calderón. París, Librería Paul Ollendorff, [1912]. xiv, 264 pp.

12mo.

An exposition of the ideas of a brilliant Peruvian as to the

future of this hemisphere; much of it deals with the position

and attitude of the United States, the author’s views regarding

which seem to have been based upon European and South American

books rather than upon his own personal knowledge; while it

contains many striking passages, it is only slightly conclusive

and constructive.

=Calderón, F[rancisco] García: Latin America: its rise and progress.=

By F[rancisco] García Calderón, with a preface by Raymond Poincaré, of

the French academy, president of the council of ministers. Translated by

Bernard Miall. London and Leipsic, T. Fisher Unwin, 1913. xvii, 406 pp.

8ᵒ. 1 map. 22 ports. 2 illus.

“Here is a book which should be read and discussed by every one

interested in the future of the Latin genius. It is written by

a young Peruvian diplomatist. It is full of life and thought.

History, politics, economic and social science, literature,

philosophy—M. Calderón is familiar with all and touches upon

all with competence and without pedantry. The entire evolution

of the South American republics is comprised in the volume

which he now submits to the European public.”—_M. Poincaré._ A

proper statement regarding this most excellent work, which may

not be overlooked by any student of South American affairs,

although many of those who know both the Americas will not

agree with some of the conclusions reached; the author’s

ideas are patently colored by his exceptional antecedents,

inheritance and career; the translation is unsatisfactory, and

the spelling of names is inconsistent, owing to the fact that

the translator, instead of using the correct Spanish forms,

took them from the French original, in which they had suffered

mutilation.

=Calderón, Francisco García: Mediación de los Estados Unidos de Norte

América en la guerra del Pacífico.= (See _Logan, Cornelius A._)

=Calderón, Ignacio: Bolivia: address delivered by the Bolivian minister,

Mr. Ignacio Calderón, under the auspices of the National geographic

society at Washington, D.C. Conferencia leída en la sociedad Geográfica

de Washington, D.C.= Por el señor Ignacio Calderón, Washington, D.C., (no

imprint), January 25, 1907. 21 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph.

An excellent outline of the history and geography of Bolivia,

by one who not only understood his own country, but who had

that knowledge of the United States which enabled him to

describe what would be of interest to the people of this

country.

=Calvo, Joaquin Bernardo: The republic of Costa Rica.= By Joaquin

Bernardo Calvo. Translated from the Spanish and edited by L. de T.

With an introduction, additions, and extensions by the editor. Map and

illustrations. Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & co., 1890. 286 pp.

12mo. front. 1 map. 19 illus.

A little of everything thrown together: geography, history,

botany, zoölogy, agriculture, industries, commerce, government,

society; not without value.

=Carpenter, Frank G.: South America, social, industrial, and political. A

twenty-five-thousand-mile journey in search of information in the Isthmus

of Panama and the lands of the equator, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia,

Chile, Tierra del Fuego, the Falklands, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay,

Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, and the Orinoco basin. The resources

and possibilities of the various countries, the life and customs of the

people, their governments, business methods, and trade.= By Frank G.

Carpenter, author of “Through Asia” and “Through North America.” Fully

illustrated. New York, Western W. Wilson, [1900]. vi, 625 pp. 8ᵒ. front.

161 illus.

If the author had possessed a more extensive

perspective of historical knowledge before he began his

“twenty-five-thousand-mile journey in search of information,”

his book might have had an enduring value; as it is, it is but

crude and superficial chatter in the manner of a professional

guide entertaining his none too intelligent hearers.

=Carr, Charles Carl: The Story of Panama. The new route to India.= (See

_Gause, Frank A._)

=Carson, W. E.: Mexico, the wonderland of the south.= By W. E. Carson.

Illustrated. New York, The Macmillan co., 1909. xi, 439 pp. 12mo. front.

58 illus.

The author says this book was intended “to give a pen-picture,

fresh, accurate, and inclusive of Mexico to-day;” whatever

his intention he has produced one of the most inaccurate,

superficial, and trivial of the numerous works which have

misrepresented and belittled México during these latter years.

=Cevallos, Pedro Fermin: Resumen de la historia del Ecuador, desde su

origen hasta 1845.= Per Pedro Fermin Cevallos, individuo de la academia

Ecuatoriana y correspondiente de la Real Española. Segunda edicíon

revisada por el autor. 5 vols. Guayaquil, imprenta de la Nacion, 1886.

Tomo I. 540 pp. 12mo. Tomo II. 334[3] pp. 12mo. Tomo III. 414, lvi[vi]

pp. 12mo. Tomo IV. 473, vi pp. 12mo. Tomo V. 474[1] pp. 12mo.

Not to be disregarded by the serious student, although

miserably printed, and not documented to any considerable

degree.

=Chandler, Charles Lyon: Inter-American acquaintances.= By Charles Lyon

Chandler, formerly a student at the universidad de San Marcos de Lima and

of the universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires. Sewanee, Tennessee, The

university press, MCMXV. vi[1], 139 pp. 12mo.

Designed to show “(1) That the moral and material aid

and example of the United States were a factor in the

Latin-American wars of independence; (2) that during that time,

as well as previously, much was spoken and written by both

North and South Americans which forecasted the Pan American

movement, embodying the fundamental ideas on which the Pan

American union is based.”—_Preface._ This thesis, supported

by citations from documents not generally accessible, is

interestingly developed, and, barring occasional linguistic,

grammatical, and rhetorical infelicities, this little book is a

fair presentation of serviceable material.

=Chile: General descriptive data prepared in June, 1909.= By the

International bureau of American republics. Washington, D.C., Government

printing office, 1909. 25 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 12 illus.

See comment on the similar pamphlet: “Argentine republic, the:

General descriptive data,” etc.

=Clark, Francis E.: The continent of opportunity. The Spanish American

republics—their history, their resources, their outlook. Together with

a traveler’s impressions of present day conditions.= By Francis E.

Clark, D.D., LL.D., author of “A new way around an old world,” “Fellow

travelers,” “Training the church of the future,” etc. New York, Fleming

H. Revell co., 1907; Young people’s missionary movement of the United

States and Canada, xii, 349[2] pp. 12mo. 1 map. front. 22 illus.

An account of a trip of five months through Panamá, Ecuador,

Perú, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil; of

that popular character to be expected from the pen of so

indefatigable a traveler and organizer; not without value,

particularly for those who would see with the eyes of a

propagandist trying to be fair.

=Clemenceau, Georges: South America of to-day. A study of conditions,

social, political and commercial in Argentine, Uruguay and Brazil.= By

Georges Clemenceau, formerly minister of France. New York and London, G.

P. Putnam’s sons, 1911. xii, 434 pp. 8ᵒ.

Confessedly but an account of pleasant recollections of

travel; only slightly affected either by a knowledge of the

languages and history of the peoples visited, or by any serious

acquaintance with facts.

=Clowes, _Sir_ William Laird: Four modern naval Campaigns, historical,

strategical, and tactical.= By _Sir_ William Laird Clowes. With maps,

plans, and a frontispiece portrait of the author. London, Hutchinson &

co., 1906. 244 pp. 12mo. front. 11 maps. 5 plans.

The last three campaigns were in the war between Chile and

Perú, 1879-81; in the war in Chile between the president and

congress, 1891; and in the attempted revolution in Brazil,

1893-94; not to be overlooked by the student.

=Cochrane, _Capt._ Charles Stuart: Journal of a residence and travels

in Colombia, during the years 1823 and 1824.= By _Capt._ Charles Stuart

Cochrane of the royal navy. (In 2 vols. 12mo.) London, printed for Henry

Colburn, 1825. Vol. I. xv, 524 pp. front. Vol. II. viii, 517 pp. front.

Disclaiming the qualities of a writer, the author, who was

a chief actor in the events described, supplies historical

material based upon personal observation that is of service to

the student.

=[Cochrane], Thomas, _Earl_ of Dundonald: Narrative of services in the

liberation of Chile, Peru, and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese

domination.= By Thomas [Cochrane], _Earl_ of Dundonald, G.C.B., admiral

of the red; rear-admiral of the fleet, etc. (In 2 vols. 8ᵒ.) London,

James Ridgway, MDCCCLIX. Vol. I. xxii, 293 pp. Vol. II. xi, 305 pp.

An account of the struggles for independence by one of the

participants; the first volume contains the history of the

achievement of Chilian independence and the liberation of

Perú as effected by the squadron under command of the author;

the second, that of the part he played as commander of the

Brazilian squadron, by means of which, as he claims, he

expelled all the Portuguese armaments from the eastern shores

of South America “while unaided by military coöperation;” it

supplies details for the historian, even if egotistical.

=Colombia: General descriptive data prepared in June, 1909.= By the

International bureau of American republics. Washington, D.C., Government

printing office, 1909. 26 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 7 illus.

See comment on the similar pamphlet: “Argentine republic, the:

General descriptive data,” etc.

=Conway, _Sir_ Martin: The Bolivian Andes. A record of climbing and

exploration in the cordillera Real in the years 1898 and 1900.= By _Sir_

Martin Conway. Illustrated. New York and London, Harper & bros., 1901.

viii[i], 402[1] pp. 12mo. front. 74 illus.

A well written and illustrated narrative; of great scientific

interest and value; the appendix contains a description by L.

J. Spencer of the forty-six specimens collected by the author

in Bolivia.

=Costa Rica: General descriptive data prepared in June, 1909.= By the

International bureau of American republics. Washington, D.C., Government

printing office, 1909. 19 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 7 illus.

See comment on the similar pamphlet: “Argentine republic, the:

General descriptive data,” etc.

=Crichfield, George W.: American supremacy. The rise and progress of the

Latin American republics and their relations to the United States under

the Monroe doctrine.= By George W. Crichfield. In two volumes. New York,

Brentano’s, 1908. Vol. I. ix, 561 pp. 8ᵒ. Vol. II. vii, 683[1] pp. 8ᵒ.

This work is utterly unreliable in matter and inaccurate in

form; more than a thousand errors in orthography alone occur in

the first hundred pages; in spirit it is undisguisedly biased,

in style, clumsy and commonplace, and it is not even plausible

in its vindictive hostility to Spaniards and Latin-Americans

whom it excoriates without giving the authorities for its

damaging statements; indeed, it is wanting in redeeming

qualities; how it ever secured a respectable publisher passes

understanding.

=Cuba: General descriptive data prepared in June, 1909.= By the

International bureau of American republics. Washington, D.C., Government

printing office, 1909. 16 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 1 chart. 7 illus.

See comment on the similar pamphlet: “Argentine republic, the:

General descriptive data,” etc.

=Curtis, William Eleroy: The capitals of Spanish America.= By William

Eleroy Curtis, late commissioner from the United States to the

governments of Central and South America. Illustrated. New York, Harper

& bros., 1888. xv, 715 pp. 1 map. 314 illus.

Worthless, with its 314 absurd illustrations done in the bad

manner of the period to which this book belongs, save as an

indication of the progress that has been made in works of this

character.

=Curtis, William Eleroy: Venezuela, a land where it’s always summer.= By

William Eleroy Curtis, author of “The capitals of Spanish America,” etc.

With a map. New York, Harper & bros., 1896. 315 pp. 12mo. 1 map.

Pardoning the absurd subtitle, and the entire absence of

references to sources of information, this historical sketch

will be found interesting to general readers, in lieu of really

good works on the subject.

=Dalton, Leonard V.: Venezuela.= By Leonard V. Dalton, B.Sc. (Lond.),

fellow of the Geographical and Royal geographical societies, etc. With a

map and 34 illustrations. London and Leipsic, T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. 320

pp. 8ᵒ. front. 1 map. 34 illus.

Devoted to geography, geology, botany, zoölogy and history,

beginning with pre-Columbian times and extending to the

present, with a study of the various states in turn, and

appendixes giving population, commerce, government finance and

bibliography; conscientious, sane, reliable, based on intimate

personal knowledge.

=Darwin, Charles: Journal of researches into the natural history and

geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round

the world under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N.= By Charles Darwin,

M.A., F.R.S. (In 2 vols. 16ᵒ.) New York, Harper & bros., 1846. Vol. I.

vii, 351 pp. Vol. II. v, 324 pp.

Invaluable observations upon various regions and aspects of

South America.

=Davis, Walter G.: Climate of the Argentine Republic.= By Walter G.

Davis, director of the Argentine meteorological office. (Under caption:

“Department of agriculture, Argentine republic.”) Buenos Aires, Argentine

meteorological office, 1910. 111 pp. 4ᵒ. 44 plts.

Of very great value to those who are interested in this

subject; the charts are unusually good.

=Dawson, Thomas C.: The South American republics.= (Series caption, “The

story of the nations.”) In two parts. By Thomas C. Dawson, secretary of

the United States legation to Brazil. New York and London, G. P. Putnam’s

sons, Part I, 1903, Part II, 1904; Young people’s missionary movement of

the United States and Canada, 1909. Part I. Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay,

Brazil. xvi, 525 pp. 12mo. front. 3 maps. 24 ports. 37 illus. Part II.

(The author then being minister of the United States to the Dominican

republic.) Perú, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Panamá.

xiv, 513 pp. 12mo. 3 maps. 5 ports. 57 illus.

An historical and geographical study of each of the South

American countries in turn; interesting, popular, simple in

style; without documentation; evidently the fruit of personal

experience and of the study of books of a secondary character,

whose statements the author appears to have accepted without

verification; often dogmatic, and sometimes needlessly caustic;

although numerous, the illustrations are inferior.

=[Deberle, Alfred Joseph]: The history of South America from its

discovery to the present time. Compiled from the works of the best

authors and from authentic documents, many hitherto unpublished,

in various archives and public and private libraries in America and

Spain.= By an American. (Written in French by Alfred Joseph Deberle.)

Translated from the Spanish by Adnah D[avid] Jones. With maps and index

by the translator. London, Swan, Sonnenschein & co., lim.; New York, The

Macmillan co., 1899. vi, 345 pp. 8ᵒ. 2 maps.

An undocumented history, readable and instructive, and of value

to those who are not able to obtain access to more ample works.

=Decoud, José Segundo: A list of books, magazine articles, and maps

relating to Paraguay. Books, 1638-1903. Maps, 1599-1903.= Prepared by

José Segundo Decoud, honorary corresponding member of the International

union of American republics, etc. A supplement to the handbook of

Paraguay, published in September, 1902, by the International bureau of

the American republics. Washington, Government printing office, 1904. 53

pp. 12mo.

A bibliography of exceptional value.

=Decoud, José Segundo: Paraguay. Second edition, revised and enlarged.=

By José Segundo Decoud, honorary corresponding member of the

International union of American republics, with a chapter on the native

races by Dr. J. Hampden Porter. September, 1902. Washington, Government

printing office, 1902. 187 pp. 12mo. front. 1 map. 8 illus.

It contains interesting data relating to geography, climate,

present population, native races, constitution and government,

political divisions, industries, commerce, public utilities,

education and religion.

=Denis, Pierre: Brazil.= By Pierre Denis. Translated and with a

historical chapter, by Bernard Miall, and a supplementary chapter by

Dawson A. Vindin. With a map and thirty-six illustrations. London and

Leipsic, T. Fisher Unwin, MCMXI. 388 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 3 maps. 36 illus.

This work contains an historical sketch, an account of

political, economic, financial and agricultural conditions,

with particular attention to São Paulo, Paraná, Rio Grande do

Sol, and Ceará; although sketchy and awkwardly arranged, it

contains valuable material.

=Dent, Hastings Charles: A year in Brazil. With notes on the abolition

of slavery, the finances of the empire, religion, meteorology, natural

history, etc.= By Hastings Charles Dent, C.E., F.L.S., F.R.G.S., member

of the Manchester literary and philosophical society, etc. With ten

full-page illustrations and two maps. London, Kegan Paul, Trench & co.,

1886. xvii, 444 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 2 maps. 9 illus.

A journal of life and study in various parts of the country,

with an appendix which contains interesting data respecting

mines, railways, religion, slavery, currency, meteorological

conditions, botany and zoölogy.

=Díaz del Castillo, Bernal: Historia verdadera de la conquista de la

Nueva España.= Por Bernal Díaz del Castillo, uno de sus conquistadores.

Única edición hecha según el códice autógrafo. La publica Genaro García.

(In 2 vols. 8ᵒ.) México, oficina tipográfica de la secretaría de Fomento,

1904. Tomo I. lxxxiii, 506 pp. front. Tomo II. 560 pp.

One of the most important of the early documents; never to

be overlooked by the historian, and of interest even to the

general reader who may have the patience to master its peculiar

style.

=Díaz, Ramón=: (see _Baralt, Rafael María_).

=Dixie, _Lady_ Florence [C. D.]: Across Patagonia.= By _Lady_ Florence

[C. D.] Dixie. With illustrations from sketches by Julius Beerbohm

engraved by Whymper and Pearson. London, Richard Bentley & son, 1880.

xiii, 251 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 12 illus.

The wild and little known land seen through the medium of a

vigorous and abundant temperament; not lacking in interest as a

mere narrative of travel and adventure.

=Dominican Republic: General descriptive data prepared in June, 1909.=

By the International bureau of American republics. Washington, D.C.,

Government printing office, 1909. 17 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 2 charts. 6 illus.

See comment on the similar pamphlet; “Argentine republic, the:

General descriptive data,” etc.

=Domville-Fife, Charles W.: Guatemala and the states of Central America.=

By Charles W. Domville-Fife, author of “The great states of South

America,” “Submarine engineering of to-day,” etc. Illustrated. London,

Francis Griffiths; New York, James Pott & co., [1913]. 310 pp. 12mo.

front. 1 map. 56 illus.

Although frankly effusive and too optimistic, and of that

popular character that annoys the student, it contains

occasional quotations, accounts of observations and odds and

ends of information that may be valuable to the patient reader.

=Domville-Fife, Charles W.: The United States of Brazil. With a chapter

on the republic of Uruguay.= By Charles W. Domville-Fife, author of

“Submarines of the world’s navies.” Illustrated. New York, James Pott &

co., [1911]. xxii, 249 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 1 map. 102 illus.

Part one, which consists mainly of extracts from early writers,

brings interesting material within easy reach; part two is a

general description of present conditions; although commonplace

in style and clumsy in arrangement, it contains instructive

data.

=Dupaix, _M_[_onsieur_ Guillaume]: Monuments of New Spain.= By

_M_[_onsieur Guillaume_] Dupaix. From the original drawings executed by

order of the king of Spain. (In _Kingsborough’s_ Mexican antiquities,

Vol. IV. [No date.] Part I: 16 plts. Part II: 56 plts. Part III: 45 plts.

In the same volume are specimens of Mexican sculpture in possession of

M. Latour Allard, in Paris. 11 plts. containing 20 illus., and specimens

of Mexican sculpture preserved in the British museum. 5 plts. containing

5 illus., also plates copied from the Giro del Mondo of Gemelli Careri;

with an engraving of a Mexican cycle, from a painting formerly in the

possession of Boturini. 4 plts. containing 8 illus. Specimens of Peruvian

Quipus with plates representing a carved Peruvian box containing a

collection of supposed Peruvian Quipus. 7 plts. containing 7 illus.)

A remarkable collection of drawings of ancient Mexican

monuments and figures, some of which no longer exist; of rare

interest to the student of archæology.

=Dupierry ... _el doctor dn._: Opúsculo. Cuba y Puerto Rico. Medios de

conservar estas dos Antillas en su estado de esplendor.= Por un negrófilo

concienzudo. (_El doctor dn._ ... Dupierry.) Madrid, José Cruzado, 1866.

157 pp. 16mo.

An impassioned statement of the old and now abandoned arguments

in favor of human slavery as applied to Cuba and Puerto Rico;

it is interesting for the light it sheds upon local conditions.

=Ecuador: General descriptive data prepared in June, 1909.= By the

International bureau of American republics. Washington, D.C., Government

printing office, 1909. 15 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 3 illus.

See comment on the similar pamphlet: “Argentine republic, the:

General descriptive data,” etc.

=Ecuador, Guía comercial, agrícola e industrial de la república del.=

Editada per la compañía “Guía del Ecuador.” Guayaquil, talleres de artes

Gráficas de E. Rodenas, 1909. 1328 pp. 4ᵒ. [22 maps. 1407 illus.]

Valuable for a study of present conditions, the following

being an outline of the contents: political constitution,

physical geography, public administration, list of financial

institutions, mercantile societies, commerce and exchequer.

=Eder, Phanor James: Colombia.= By Phanor James Eder. With 40

illustrations and 2 maps. London and Leipsic, T. Fisher Unwin, [1913].

xxiv, 312 pp. 8ᵒ. 2 maps. 40 illus.

An excellent work, carefully and judiciously written; although

intended to set forth present conditions from the standpoint

of the business man, sufficient, well chosen, and documented

historical material is introduced to furnish a proper

background; the illustrations really bear on the text.

=Edginton, T[homas] B[enton]: The Monroe doctrine.= By T[homas] B[enton]

Edginton, A.M., of the bar of Memphis, Tennessee. Boston, Little, Brown &

co., 1904. vi, 344 pp. 8ᵒ.

A well documented but not uniformly satisfactory presentation

of the history of this policy in all its bearings; some of the

generalizations are vague and not sustained by what is called

“international law.”

=Edwards, Albert: Panama, the canal, the country and the people.= (See

_Bullard, Arthur_.)

=Edwards, William Seymour: On the Mexican highlands. With a passing

glimpse of Cuba.= By William Seymour Edwards, author of “Into the Yukon,”

“Through Scandinavia to Moscow,” etc. Cincinnati, press of Jennings &

Graham, [1906]. 283 pp. 12mo. front. 1 map. 98 illus.

A frank, unpretentious and sprightly narrative of travel in

out-of-the-way regions, that pleases because of its modest

honesty of statement.

=Elliot, G. F. Scott: Chile, its history and development, natural

features, products, commerce and present conditions.= By G. F. Scott

Elliot, M.A., F.R.G.S., author of “A naturalist in mid-Africa.” With

an introduction by Martin Hume. Illustrated. London, T. Fisher Unwin,

MCMVII. xxviii, 363 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 2 maps. 37 illus.

A standard work, well written, reliable, documented, of

exceptional value; after a chapter on geology and a portion of

another on prehistoric times, it traces with proper emphasis

the course of events from the settlement to the present day; an

extensive bibliography at the back.

=Enock, C. Reginald: Mexico: its ancient and modern civilization, history

and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries

and general development.= By C. Reginald Enock, F.R.G.S., civil and

mining engineer, author of “Peru” and “The Andes and the Amazon.”

With an introduction by Martin Hume, M.A. With a map and seventy-five

illustrations. New York, Charles Scribner’s sons; London, T. Fisher

Unwin, MCMIX. xxxvi, 362 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 1 map. 63 illus.

Dealing with archæology, ethnology, history, politics, natural

resources, industries and commerce, the author gives each of

these a fairly just emphasis, and although his generalizations

and opinions are not always well founded, he has avoided the

folly of unmeasured abuse that has characterized several recent

writers upon México, and produced a book that will interest and

serve the average reader.

=Enock, C. Reginald: Perú. Its former and present civilization, history

and existing conditions, topography and natural resources, commerce and

general development.= By C. Reginald Enock, F.R.G.S., civil and mining

engineer, author of “The Andes and the Amazon.” London and Leipsic, T.

Fisher Unwin, MCMXII. xxxii, 320 pp. 8ᵒ. 1 map. 1 chart. 72 illus.

When one considers the extent, both in time and space, this

author has attempted to cover, the marvel is that any of

his books should be as good as they are; this one, like the

rest, is not without value, although superficial, prosaic and

inaccurate in matter and form.

=Enock, C. Reginald: Ecuador, its ancient and modern history, topography

and natural resources, industries and social development.= By C. Reginald

Enock, F.R.G.S., author of “The Andes and the Amazon,” “Peru,” “Mexico,”

“The secret of the Pacific,” etc. With fifty-seven illustrations and two

maps. New York, Charles Scribner’s sons, 1914. 375 pp. 8ᵒ. 2 maps, one

of which is in text. 37 illus.

While this book has the weaknesses that characterize the works

of this author, to which attention is called in the other

comments, it is somewhat more fully documented than the others,

and being one of the very few extensive English publications

regarding Ecuador, it supplies an urgent need.

=Enock, C. Reginald: The Andes and the Amazon. Life and travel in Perú.=

By C. Reginald Enock, F.R.G.S. With a map, four colored plates, and

fifty-eight other illustrations. London, T. Fisher Unwin, MCMVII. xvi,

379 pp. 8ᵒ. front, 1 map. 4 plts. 58 illus.

In the main, a description of what the author, an insatiable

gatherer of easily obtainable information and a prolific writer

of books, saw, heard, felt and thought during his perigrination.

=Enock, C. Reginald: The republics of South and Central America: their

resources, industries, sociology and future.= By C. Reginald Enock,

F.R.G.S., author of “The Andes and the Amazon,” “Mexico,” “An imperial

commonwealth,” etc. London, J. M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, Charles

Scribner’s sons, 1913. 544 pp. 8ᵒ. 9 maps. 16 illus.

In his preface, the author says: “The purpose of this book is

to provide, within the compass of a single volume, a succinct

study of the Latin-American republics, and their social and

physical condition.” His effort was only slightly successful.

See comment on his “Perú,” to which should be added the

statement, that, for some unaccountable reason, he introduces

a discussion of the Aztecs, and a number of pictures that have

nothing whatever to do with South America.

=Fitch, A. H.: Junípero Serra. The man and his work.= By A. H. Fitch.

With fifteen illustrations from photographs and a map. Chicago, A. C.

McClurg & co., 1914. xiii, 364 pp. 12mo. front. 1 map. 15 illus.

An effort to rescue from oblivion the life of an important

religious pioneer to whom historians are deeply indebted for

facts regarding Spanish California during the years 1769-1785;

interesting and valuable.

=Flandrau, Charles Macomb: Viva Mexico.= By Charles Macomb Flandrau,

author of “Harvard episodes,” “The diary of a freshman,” etc. New York,

D. Appleton & co., 1908. 293 [1] pp. 16ᵒ.

Pardoning the inexcusable butchering of the Spanish introduced,

it is a characteristically vivacious story of what the author

saw and felt and thought in México; entertaining and valuable

as a true picture of what an appreciative observer might behold

in certain localities.

=Fonseca, J. J. da: Estudo analytico. Descobrimento do Brazil.= Por J. J.

da Fonseca (almirante graduado). Rio de Janeiro, typ. Leuzinger, 1895. 35

pp. pamph. 3 maps. 2 illus.

A scholarly presentation of the details, with references to

several documents.

=Fomaro, Carlo de: Carranza and Mexico.= By Carlo de Fornaro. With

chapters by Colonel I. C. Enriquez, Charles Ferguson and M[odesto] C.

Rollandi. New York, Mitchell Kennerley, 1915. 242 pp. 12mo. front. 1 map.

6 illus.

The dedication of this work to “President Woodrow Wilson,

who discovered real México to the Americans,” in a sense

indicates what is to follow; it is an approval of the

present administration’s policy in México and a plea for

General Carranza, with a highly laudatory sketch of his life,

characterized by sweeping but unsupported statements; in

general superficial and not illuminating.

=Fraser, John Foster: The amazing Argentine. A new land of enterprise.=

By John Foster Fraser. New York and London, Funk & Wagnalls co., 1914.

viii, 291 pp. 12mo. front. 54 illus.

The title indicates the style of superficial chatter which

composes this book; the illustrations, however, are both

interesting and instructive.

=Funes, _Doctor don_ Gregorio: Ensayo de la historia civil de Buenos

Aires, Tucumán y Paraguay.= Escrito por el doctor don Gregorio Funes,

dean de la santa iglesia catedral de Córdoba. Segunda edición. (2 vols,

bound together. 8ᵒ.) Buenos Aires, 1856. Tomo I. 391 [6] pp. 1 illus.

Tomo II. 472 [5] pp.

A work of fundamental importance because of the considerable

information which it contains, although written in the heavy,

prosaic style of the learned ecclesiastic of the period.

=Fyfe, H. Hamilton: The real Mexico. A study on the spot.= By H. Hamilton

Fyfe, author of “The new spirit in Egypt,” “South America to-day.”

London, William Heinemann, [1914]. viii, 247 pp. 12mo. 1 map.

An amorphous mass of impressionistically presented information

regarding present conditions, the most of which, although

already possessed by the intelligent people of this country,

is neither interesting nor instructive as manipulated by this

writer.

=Gadow, Hans: Through southern Mexico; being an account of the travels of

a naturalist.= By Hans Gadow, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.G.S. With over one hundred

and sixty full-page and other illustrations and maps. London, Witherby &

co., 1908. xvi, 527 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 4 maps. 169 illus.

An unusually interesting account of travel, by a trained

observer and field naturalist, giving much information

regarding flora, fauna and human beings.

=Gallatin, Albert: Notes on the semi-civilized nations of Mexico,

Yucatan, and Central America.= By Albert Gallatin. (In transactions of

the American ethnological society, Vol. I.) New York, Bartlett & Welford;

London, Wiley & Putnam, MDCCCXLV. pp. 1-352. 8ᵒ. 1 plt. 3 tables.

A study of the languages, numeration, calendars, astronomy,

history and chronology, with conjectures as to the origin of

semi-civilization in America; appendix I contains grammatical

notices: Mexican, Tarascan, Otomí, Maya, Guatemalan, Huasteca;

appendix II, notes on Lord Kingsborough’s collection; without

being final, it marks one of the important stages in the

development of knowledge regarding the subjects discussed.

=Garay, Blas: La revolución de la independencia del Paraguay.= Por Blas

Garay. Madrid, est. tip. de la viuda e hijos de Tello, 1897. 214 pp. 16ᵒ.

An admirable short narrative, in charming style; conscientious,

thoroughly documented, worthy of praise and study.

=García, Genaro: Carácter de la conquista española en América y en México

según los textos de los historiadores primitivos.= Por Genaro García.

México, oficina tipográfica de la secretaría de Fomento, 1901. 456 pp. 8ᵒ.

A carefully documented collection of materials that may serve

the student who has the patience to follow the processes of a

somewhat halting mind.

=García, Genaro: Juárez. Refutación a don Francisco Bulnes.= Por Genaro

García. México, librería de la vda. de Ch. Bouret, 1904. viii, 276 [2]

pp. 12mo. front.

An amply documented biography, which, although partisan and

lacking the vigor and sprightliness of the work it is intended

to refute, is in general accord with the facts; a valuable

bibliography of seventy-two pages is to be found at the back.

=García Icazbalceta, Joaquín: Colección de documentos para la historia

de México.= Publicada por Joaquín García Icazbalceta. (In 2 vols. 4ᵒ.)

México, librería de J. M. Andrade. Tomo primero, 1858. cliii, 544 pp.

Tomo segundo, 1866. lxvi, 600 pp.

The documents relate to the period of the conquest and

settlement; they are of inestimable value for the serious

historian.

=García Icazbalceta, J[oaquín]: Obras de D. J[oaquín] García

Icazbalceta.= (In 5 vols. 16ᵒ.) México, imp. de V. Agüeros, 1896. Tomo I.

Opúsculos varios. xvi, 428 [2] pp. Tomo II. Opúsculos varios. 460 [2] pp.

Tomo III. Biografías. 436 [2] pp. Tomo IV. Biografías. 442 [3] pp. Tomo

V. Biografías [Historiadores]. 522 pp.

A classic work; invaluable for the study of prominent

personages and events, and the light it sheds upon many

historical questions hitherto obscure or misunderstood.

=Garland, Alexander: Peru in 1906. With a brief historical and

geographical sketch.= By Alexander Garland, member of the Lima

geographical society. Originally written in Spanish, and translated into

English by George R. Gepp. Lima, “La industria” printing office, 1907.

303 pp. 4ᵒ. 49 plts. 2 maps.

In the “boosting” style, yet a source of much information,

after the manner of a guide-book, regarding modern conditions.

=Gause, Frank A., and Carr, Charles Carl: The story of Panama. The new

route to India.= By Frank A. Gause, superintendent canal zone public

schools, and Charles Carl Carr, principal canal zone public high school.

Boston, New York, Chicago, Silver, Burdett & co., [1912]. xii, 290 pp.

12mo. 2 maps in color. 89 illus.

An interesting description of the various features of

construction, and an account of their organization and

administration, with a history of the Canal project, by men who

were in a good position to get at the facts, and whose training

fitted them to write well.

=Geographia-atlas do Brazil e das cinco partes do mundo. Conforme o

“Atlas do Brazil” do Barão Homem de Mello e Dr. F. Homem de Mello e os

melhores auctores parà a “Parte geral.”= Com um prologo do Dr. Francisco

Cabrita (ex-director da instrucçao publica do districto federal). 35

mappas em cinco côres (10 duplos), 166 illustrações e desenhos, 100

paginas de texto (em 3 columnas) (1ᵃ edição). Rio de Janeiro, F. Briguiet

& cia, 1912. xii, 100 pp. 4ᵒ. front. 35 maps. 166 illus.

Of interest and importance for the student of geography and

statistics.

=Gillpatrick, Wallace: Wanderings in Mexico. The spirited chronicle of

adventure in Mexican highways and byways.= By Wallace Gillpatrick (“The

man who likes Mexico”). London, Eveleigh Nash, 1912. 374 pp. 8ᵒ. front.

68 illus.

An account of the wanderings of one who is satisfied not to be

an historian, but merely to play the part of an interested and

sympathetic and therefore interesting traveler and observer,

written in a pleasing style.

=Godoy, José F.: Porfirio Díaz, president of México. The master builder

of a great commonwealth.= By José F. Godoy, author of “A few facts about

Mexico,” “The legal and mercantile handbook of Mexico,” etc. With 60

illustrations, maps, and diagrams. New York and London, G. P. Putnam’s

sons, 1910. xii, 253 pp. 12mo. front. 2 maps. 7 diagrams. 51 illus.

Devoted to undiscriminating and unmeasured praise of México’s

recent president, without supplying in clear terms data

adequate to justify the high appraisal; it exhibits no

particular discernment, and consequently adds little to the

general knowledge of the man.

=Goodrich, Joseph King: The coming Mexico.= (Under caption: “The

world to-day series.”) By Joseph King Goodrich, sometime professor in

the imperial government college, Kyoto. With 32 illustrations from

photographs. Chicago, A. C. McClurg & co., 1913. xii, 269 pp. 12mo.

front. 32 illus.

Only another commonplace effort to produce a book of a kind

already superabundant, consisting of fragments of history

gathered uncritically from sources more or less reliable,

and masses of statistics and statements regarding present

conditions, based upon popular hearsay; it adds nothing to the

general fund of information.

=Gordon, George Byron: Caverns of Copan, Honduras. Report of the

explorations by the Museum, 1896-97.= (Under caption: “Memoirs of the

Peabody museum of American archæology and ethnology, Harvard university.

Vol. I, Nos. 4 and 5.”) Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Museum, 1898. 56

pp. folio. 13 plts. 35 illus. in the text.

A well written report upon explorations of prime importance,

printed luxuriously and admirably illustrated.

=Gordon, George Byron: The hieroglyphic stairway. Ruins of Copan. Report

of the explorations by the Museum.= (Under caption: “Memoirs of the

Peabody museum of American archæology and ethnology. Harvard university.

Vol. I, No. 6.”) Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Museum, 1902. 38 pp.

folio. 18 plts. 23 illus. in the text.

See comment on the preceding.

=Grillet, John, and Bechamel, Francis: A journal of the travels of John

Grillet and Francis Bechamel into Guiana, in the year 1674. In order

to discover the great Lake of Parima, and the many cities said to be

situated on its banks, and reputed the richest in the world.= London,

printed for Samuel Buckley, 1698. 68 pp. 12mo.

(Bound in with Christopher de Acuña’s work. See _Acuña_.)

=Guatemala: General descriptive data prepared in June, 1909.= By the

International bureau of American republics. Washington, D.C., Government

printing office, 1909. 16 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 4 illus.

See comment on the similar pamphlet: “Argentine republic, the:

General descriptive data,” etc.

=Guinness, Geraldine: Peru, its story, people, and religion.= By

Geraldine Guinness. Illustrated by Dr. H. Grattan Guinness. London,

Morgan & Scott, ltd., MCMIX. xxi, 438 pp. 8ᵒ. 3 maps. 2 diagrams. 39

illus.

The illustrations are of rare excellence and well worth the

price of the book; the rest of the work is negligible.

=Gutiérrez de Lara, L., and Pinchon, Edgcumb: The Mexican people; their

struggle for freedom.= By L. Gutiérrez de Lara, author of “Story of a

political refugee” and “Les bribones,” and Edgcumb Pinchon. Illustrated

from photographs. Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page & co., 1914. xi,

358 pp. 12mo. front. 52 illus.

A frank plea for the Indians against Spaniards and others

of European origin, actuated by animosity and based upon

ridiculous misstatements, of which the following may serve

as an illustration: “At the time of the conquest they (the

Indians) were in full enjoyment of a civilization greatly

superior in many respects to that of Teutonic Europe, and

certainly superior in every respect to that of the Spanish

nation which subjugated and enslaved them;” this book will have

no standing with those who know the facts; those who do not are

warned to read it with due allowance for personal venom.

=Habel, S.: The sculptures of Santa Lucía Cosumalwhuapa in Guatemala.

With an account of travels in Central America and on the western coast

of South America.= By S. Habel, M.D., Washington, D.C., Smithsonian

institution, 1878. (Under caption: “Smithsonian contributions to

knowledge, 269.”) iii, 90 pp. folio. 8 plts., showing 23 sculptures.

A valuable account of archæological and ethnological

investigation in Central and South America, slightly marred by

an attempt to make a serious and necessarily prosaic subject

airy and popular.

=Haiti: General descriptive data prepared in June, 1909.= By the

International bureau of American republics. Washington, D.C., Government

printing office, 1909. 14 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 4 illus.

See comment on the similar pamphlet: “Argentine republic, the:

General descriptive data,” etc.

=Hale, Albert: Practical guide to Latin America, including Mexico,

Central America, the West Indies and South America. Preparation, cost,

routes, sight-seeing.= By Albert Hale, A.B., M.D., member of the

Geographical society of Rio de Janeiro, etc. Boston, Small, Maynard &

co., [1909]. xi, 249 pp. 16ᵒ.

While not wholly useless to a first visitor, it is inferior to

excellent guides to México and the West Indies which already

exist, and it but serves to emphasize the need of a really good

guide to South America; inaccurate and badly arranged.

=Hale, Albert: The South Americans. The story of the South American

republics, their characteristics, progress and tendencies; with special

reference to their commercial relations with the United States.= By

Albert Hale, A.B., M.D., member of the Geographical society of Rio de

Janeiro. Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill co., [1907]. 352 pp. 12mo.

front. 3 maps. 63 illus.

A sort of guide-book, with special reference to Argentina,

Uruguay, Brazil and Venezuela, with historical notes, in a

pleasing style; as such it has interest and value; many of the

broad generalizations, however, are open to question.

=Halstead, Murat: The story of Cuba; her struggles for liberty; the

cause, crisis and destiny of the pearl of the Antilles.= By Murat

Halstead. Graphically illustrated with numerous typical photographic

reproductions and original drawings, including those of the United States

battleship Maine. Sixth edition, revised to date. Akron, Ohio, The Werner

co., [1896]. 649 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 1 map. 48 illus.

The title-page is a sufficient indication of the character of

this bombastic, garrulous and hurriedly composed work, which

was thrown together to meet demands created by the conditions

that preceded the wars of 1896 and 1898.

=Hancock, Anson Uriel: A history of Chile.= By Anson Uriel Hancock,

author of “Old Abraham Jackson,” “Coitlan; a tale of the Inca world,”

etc. Chicago, Charles H. Sergel & co., MDCCCXCIII. xx, 471 pp. 8ᵒ. front.

3 maps. 8 illus.

A connected account of the period between 1829 and 1879,

not usually accorded full treatment, with chapters on the

war with Perú and the civil war of 1891, and an appendix

containing geographical data, the political constitution and a

bibliography; worthy of consideration.

=Hazard, Samuel: Santo Domingo, past and present; with a glance at

Hayti.= By Samuel Hazard, author of “Cuba, with pen and pencil.” Maps and

numerous illustrations. New York, Harper & bros., 1873. xxix, 511 pp.

12mo. front. 1 map. 151 illus.

A work whose sole value consists in the inaccurate bibliography

at the front.

=Heape, Walter: The proportion of sexes produced by whites and coloured

peoples in Cuba.= (Contained in “Philosophical transactions of the Royal

society of London. Series B, Vol. 200.”) By Walter Heape, M.A., F.R.S.,

Trinity college, Cambridge. London, printed by Harrison & sons, 1909. pp.

271-330. 4ᵒ.

An interesting and valuable study, with a considerable

bibliography at the back.

=Helps, _Sir_ Arthur: The Spanish conquest in America, and its relation

to slavery and to the government of colonies.= By _Sir_ Arthur Helps.

A new edition, edited, with an introduction, maps, and notes, by M.

Oppenheim. (In 4 vols. 12mo.) London and New York, John Lane. Vol. I.

MDCCCC. xxxviii, 369 pp. 10 maps. Vol. II. MDCCCCII. ix [i], 365 pp. 8

maps. Vol. III. MDCCCCII. xli [i], 400 pp. 8 maps. Vol. IV. MDCCCCIV. x

[i], 374 pp. 5 maps.

“Whether the reader agrees or disagrees, with some of the

author’s views, he will at least determine that it is the work

of a scholar and a Christian gentleman—two qualities not always

united in the historian—and therefore a formative influence,

as all such books are, in the growth of the moral forces

silently directing humanity towards higher ideals.”—_Editor’s

introduction._ A work which every thorough student must

consider, and from which he will derive assistance; greatly

improved by the editor.

=Herndon, Wm. Lewis, and Gibbon, Lardner: Exploration of the valley of

the Amazon, made under the direction of the navy department.= (Under

caption: “Senate: 32d congress, 2d session.”) By Wm. Lewis Herndon and

Lardner Gibbon, lieutenants United States navy. (In 2 vols. 8ᵒ.) Part

I by Lieut. Herndon. Washington, Robert Armstrong, public printer,

1853. 414 [3] pp. front. 15 illus. Part II by Lieut. Lardner Gibbon.

Washington, A. O. P. Nicholson, public printer, 1854. x, 339 pp. front. 2

maps. 35 illus.

A matter-of-fact narrative of extended and painstaking

explorations; volume one contains an appendix which gives a

table of the approximate heights and distances from Callao to

the Atlantic, and a meteorological journal; volume two, an

appendix which gives observations with sextant and artificial

horizon and meteorological observations; of value to the

student of physiography.

=Hills, Elijah Clarence, and Morley, S. Griswold: Modern Spanish lyrics.=

Edited with introduction, notes and vocabulary. By Elijah Clarence Hills,

Ph.D., Litt.D., professor of romance languages in Colorado college, and

S. Griswold Morley, Ph.D., university of Colorado. New York, Henry Holt &

co., 1913. lxxxiii, 435 pp. 12mo.

The second half of this work contains lyrical selections from

the poetry of Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, México,

Nicaragua and Venezuela, a number of “canciones” with music,

and notes and a vocabulary; the authors have exercised wisdom

in making their choice of verse, and in general the orthography

is correct, and the notes are instructive; it offers in

convenient form worthy specimens of the poetry of Latin America.

=Hirst, W. A.: Argentine.= By W. A. Hirst. With an introduction by Martin

Hume. With a map. London and Leipsic, T. Fisher Unwin, MCMXII. xviii, 308

pp. 8ᵒ. front. 1 map. 64 illus.

A chapter on geography, eight chapters on history and fourteen

upon government, politics, racial elements, social life in town

and country, religion, education, literature, industries and

commerce, and a brief bibliography, compose this work; it is

a generally useful, reliable and fairly well documented book,

barring the inevitable vexatiously inaccurate Spanish; the

illustrations are unusually good.

=Honduras: General descriptive data prepared in June, 1909.= By the

International bureau of American republics. Washington, D.C., Government

printing office, 1909. 14 pp. 8ᵒ. pamph. 4 illus.

See comment on the similar pamphlet: “Argentine republic, the:

General descriptive data,” etc.

=Honduras. Prehistoric ruins of Copan. A preliminary report of the

explorations.= By the museum, 1891-1895. (Under caption: “Memoirs of the

Peabody museum of American archæology and ethnology, Harvard university.

Vol. I, No. 1.”) Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Museum, 1896. iv, 48 pp.

folio. 9 plts. 19 illus. in the text.

A good account of important explorations, luxuriously printed

and excellently illustrated.

=Humboldt, Alexander de: Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain.=

By Alexander de Humboldt. With physical sections and maps, founded

on astronomical observations, and trigonometrical and barometrical

measurements. (In 4 vols. 12 mo.) London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme,

and Brown; and H. Colburn; Edinburgh, W. Blackwood, and Brown & Crombie,

1811. Vol. I. cxiv, 289 pp. 8 maps on 1 plt. Vol. II. 531 [1] pp. 4 maps.

3 sections. 2 illus. Vol. III. 493 pp. 1 map. 4 sections. Vol. IV. 415

pp. 1 map.

A classic among books of this character, clear, accurate and

based upon information gathered by one of the keenest of

observers; it will never be wholly superseded or overlooked.

=Hutchinson, Thomas J[oseph]: Two years in Peru, with exploration of its

antiquities.= By Thomas J[oseph] Hutchinson, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.L., M.A.I.,

vice-president d’honneur de l’institut d’Afrique, Paris; etc. With map

by Daniel Barrera, and numerous illustrations. In two volumes. London,

Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1873. Vol. I. xxiv, 343 pp. 8ᵒ.

front. 1 map. 65 illus. Vol. II. xii, 334 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 44 illus.

After one pardons the idiosyncrasies of orthography and the

tendency to garrulousness, he will find here information of

value, based upon personal knowledge.

=Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando de Alva: Historia chichimeca.= Por don

Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxóchitl. 209 pp. (In _Kingsborough’s_ “Mexican

Antiquities,” Vol. IX, which see.)

Probably the first work by a native writer who employed

the Spanish language as a vehicle for utterance; of great

historical importance, although naturally it must be corrected

by comparison with parallel sources of information.

=Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando de Alva: Relaciones de don Fernando de Alva

Ixtlilxóchitl.= 151 pp. (In _Kingsborough’s_ “Mexican Antiquities,” Vol.

IX, which see.)

For comment, see “Historia chichimeca,” by _Ixtlilxóchitl,

Fernando de Alva_.

=Janvier, Thomas A.: Legends of the city of Mexico.= Collected by Thomas

A. Janvier, member of the Folk-lore society, London. Illustrated with 6

pictures by Walter Appleton Clark and by photographs of places. New York

and London, Harper & bros., MCMX. xix, 165 pp. 8ᵒ. front. 13 illus.

Nineteen legends, genuine productions of the people of the land

or of their Spanish or Indian ancestors, told in a manner that

will make them attractive to either the general reader or the

folklorist.

=Joyce, Thomas A.: South American archæology. An introduction to the

archæology of the South American continent with special reference to the

early history of Perú.= By Thomas A. Joyce. With numerous illustrations

and a map. London, Macmillan & co., MDCCCCXII. xv, 292 pp. 8ᵒ. front. in

colors. 2 maps. 26 illus. in half tone. 37 illus. in text.

The title of this book should be “Peruvian archæology and

ethnology, with a slight reference to that of Colombia,

Ecuador, Bolivia and the southern Andean lands;” it is mainly

a compilation from Markham, Squier, Bandelier and Uhle, and

as such it is well done, being written in a clear style and

excellently illustrated; for the student who has not access to

these works it has value.

=[Kingsborough, Edward King, _Viscount_]: Antiquities of Mexico:

comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics,

preserved in the royal libraries of Paris, Berlin and Dresden, in the

Imperial library of Vienna, in the Vatican library; in the Borgian

museum at Rome; in the library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the

Bodleian library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by

M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying

descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited

manuscripts.= By Augustine Aglio. London, A. Aglio, 1830-1848. 9 vols.

folio. (Published by Henry G. Bohn.... 1849.)