end of his presidency in 1880. The data are not very extensive; indeed, for his early life, they are very scanty; but after he entered public life the in formation is abundant, and accompanied with official documents of high importance. In giving to the public this life of Diaz, it became also necessary to relate the historical events of his country for the period embraced. The whole will be found important in writing the history of Mexico.
Agustin R. Gonzalez, Historia del Estado de Aguascalientes. Mexico, 1881. Sın. 4°,518 pp., 11., 2 maps. A comprehensive history of the state of Aguascalientes from the earliest days of the foundation to 1873, followed by general information on her literature, the customs of the inhabitants, agriculture and mines, manufactures, and other industries, and terminating with remarks on various matters connected with the state to date of publication.
Plácido Vega, Documentos de la Comision Confidencial. 1803-3. Fol., 15 vol. MSS. This collection consists of the correspondence, documents, accounts, vouchers, etc., connected with Gen. Vega's commission to procure funds, arms, and munitions of war at San Francisco, California, for the republican government of Mexico during the French intervention and imperial régime in that country. The correspondence shows the difficulties met with by the commissioner, and how he overcame them. It also furnishes many important facts on the war between the republicans and imperialists, on President Juarez' policy, etc. The whole is a valuable contribution to the history of that eventful period.
The following list contains an enumeration of a large number of the authorities that have been consulted. Those of an official character are: Mex., Diario de los Debates, 1869, and succeeding volumes; reports of the government officials, notably those of the secretaries of state for the treasury, government, war, foreign relations, and fomento departments, and decrees and treaties during the period; Mex., Col. Ley., Dec. y Cir., ii. 273-6; ii. 122-339, passim; Id., Bol. Ley., 1863, passim; Id., Recop Leyes, etc., i. 1867, and succeeding volumes; Id., Sinop. Hist. Reclam., 1838-76, passim; II., Correspond. Diplom., i.-ii., 1877-1582, passim; Id., Informe de la Com. Pesquis., 1874; Id., Derecho Intern. Mex., 1978, passim; Id., Codigo Reforma, 1860, 1861; Id, Iniciativas. . . .Hac., 1869; Id., Ley de Timbre, 1876, 81; 1880, 43; Id., Estat. Cuerpo Estado doyor, 1879; Discurso pronun. por el Presidente, 1881, 1882, 1883; Diaz, Informe, 1985, 51 pp.; Mex., Diario Ofic., 1937, and following years; Dublan and Lozano, Leg. Mex., v. 414-51, 596–7, 727-8; viii. 156-67, 218, 255-60, 305-6, 547-8, 571-8; ix. 8, 259-65; x.-xi., passim; Discursos pronunciados ante el Congreso de ls Union en los Sesiones del 16, 18, 19 de Mayo de 1874, Mexico, 1974, 113 p.; U. S. government documents covering this period; notably, Sen. Doc.; Sen. Misc.; Sen. Journal; For. Rel.; House Journal; H. Com. Reports; H. Ex. Doc.;H. Misc.; and Commer. Rel.; to the respective indices of which the reader is referred for Mexican affairs, as well as to those of the Cong. Globe and Hansard's Parl. Debates. The Mexican and other writers and collectors that have been consulted are: Riva Palacio, Hist. Admin. Lerdo; Tovar, Hist. Parl., i.-iv., passim; Arrangoiz, Mej., iv., passim; Rivera, Hist. Jalapa, iv.; Romero, Circulares y otras Publicaciones hechos por la Legacion Mexicana en Washington durante la Guerra de Intervencion, Mexico, 1868, 507 pp.; Id., Refut., 49-51, 85-6; Rivera, Gob, de Mex., ii. 674 et seq.; Niox, Expéd. du Mex., 705-16; Navarro, Informe sobre fr. Revol.: Rivera, Mex. Pint., i., passim; Domenech, Hist. du Mex., 438-40; Romero, Diaz, passim; Diaz, Misc., nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 18-20, 27, 41-3, 43, 55-7, 59-62; Id., Biog, MS., 1-471; Id., Datos Bio., 92–202, passim; Quevedo, El General Gonzalez, Mexico, 1981; Iglesias, Recuerd. Polit., 1874, 89, MS.; Id., Manifiesto, 1876, 20; Id., Estud. Constit. Justic., Mex., 1874, 84; Hamilton's Mex. Laws; Frisbie's Reminis., MS., 40; Vega, Docs, Ms., iii. 301, 427-8, 672-3; Id., Rep. Méj., in Pap. Var., 104, no. 9; D'Héric, Maxim., 185-410; Hall's Mec. Law, 317; Hayes' Scraps, Ariz., v. 126-7, 133; Id., Baja Cal., ix. 62; Querétaro, Col. de Ley y Dec., 1899, 31; Salm-Salm's Diary, ii., passim; Soc. Mex. Geog., 2:1 Ep., iv. 570-85, 745; Id., 31 Ep., i. 396; Sheldon's Letters, 1-26; Busto, Estad. Rep. Mex., i., p. xc.xci.; ii., 5th pt, 423; Id., Impuest. Fed., 1877–8, v.-viii. 3-18, 459-607; Bancroft's Votes on Mex., MS.,1-116;
