The Quarterly has received an interesting and valuable brochure of 44 pages entitled Vida y Obras de Don José Fernando Ramírez , by Don Luis González Obregón , M. S. A. This brief sketch of the life of the distinguished jurist, historian, and man of letters, who found it possible, in spite of the storms of his political career, to do so much for the cause of sound learning in Mexico, is told with evident sympathy by Señor González Obregón. It is a pathetic story to tell—how Ramírez toiled for a life time in forming a library of inestimable value, only for it to be sold in London after his death. It has been scattered to the four winds, but there is warrant for the faith that most of it has passed to appreciative owners. This is certainly true of so much of it as has fallen into the hands of Mr. Edward E. Ayer, of Chicago.

The latter half of the pamphlet contains a bibliography of the works of Ramírez with notes that must prove very useful to students of Southwestern history.

G. P. G.

How to cite:
"Vida y Obras de Don José Fernando Ramírez", Volume 006, Number 1, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 65. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v006/n1/review_8.html
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