Wenceslao Alpuche, Biografías de Mexicanos Distinguidos (Biographies of Distinguished Mexicans), El Episcopado Mexicano (The Mexican Episcopacy), Efemérides Historicas y Biograficas (Historical and Biographical Ephemerids), Los Contemporaneos (The Contemporaries), Las Estatuas de la Reforma (The Statues of “the Reforma”) and Conquistadores Antiguos y Modernos (Ancient and Modern Conquerors). He has also written an appreciative work upon South-American writers—Escritores y poetas Sud-Americanos. Among his works in other fields are a volume of stories—Doce Leyendas (Twelve Stories), and a book of sonnets, Recuerdos* (Recollections).
In his poetry Sosa is vigorous, chaste, and strong. In prose he is direct and simple, but careful in language.
Señor Sosa has ever been interested in every cause tending toward the advancement of Mexico and has actively participated in the organization and conduct of literary and learned societies. It is to his efforts that the interesting series of statues, that border the Paseo de la Reforma, is due.
Our selections are taken from his Estatuas de la Reforma and Biografías de Mexicanos Distinguidos.
THE STATUES OF THE REFORMA.
In 1887 Sosa published an article in El Partido Liberal (The Liberal Party), which has produced a happy result. From it, we quote:
The inauguration of the magnificent monument with which the Federal Government has honored the memory of the illustrious Cuauhtemoc and that of the principal chieftains of the defense of the native land in 1521, has shown, not only that Mexico does not forget her heroes, but, also, that among her sons are artists capable of producing works creditable to any cultured nation.