[etext transcriber's note: The editor’s spelling of Spanish words and names has not been corrected.] READINGS FROM MODERN MEXICAN AUTHORS BY FREDERICK STARR CHICAGO THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY LONDON: KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., LTD. 1904 Copyrighted, 1904 BY FREDERICK STARR CHICAGO THIS LITTLE BOOK IS DEDICATED TO SEÑOR DON VICTORIANO AGÜEROS, AUTHOR OF _Escritores Mexicanos Contemporaneos_, EDITOR OF _El Tiempo_, PUBLISHER OF _La Biblioteca de Autores Mexicanos_, FAITHFUL FRIEND, VALUED HELPER. CONTENTS. Eduardo Noriega 1 Antonio García Cubas 15 Joaquín García Icazbalceta 26 Agustin Rivera 43 Alfredo Chavero 59 Julio Zárate 77 José María Vigil 87 Primo Feliciano Velásquez 94 Juan F. Molina Solis 106 Luis Gonzales Obregón 118 Francisco Sosa 132 Julio Guerrero 150 Alejandro Villaseñor y Villaseñor 168 Rafael Ángel de la Peña 181 Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón 189 Ignacio M. Altamirano 204 Victoriano Agüeros 216 Manuel Gustavo Antonio Revilla 228 José Peon y Contreras 243 José María Roa Bárcena 259 Justo Sierra 275 Victoriano Salado Álbarez 288 Ireneo Paz 301 José López-Portillo y Rojas 313 Manuel Sánches Mármol 334