This is a collection of sixteen articles on noted Mexican editors and their publications, plus photographs of front pages of sixty-four Mexican news-papers and magazines and their respective editors.

In addition, Carrasco Puente, who edited the collection, has included excerpts from conferences on various phases of the history of Mexican journalism, held in recent years at the National Library.

The articles range in subject matter from Juan Castorena (1668-1773), who founded Mexico’s first genuine newspaper, Gaceta de México, to Justo Sierra (1848-1912), editor of the Boletín Oficial of the interim federal government of 1876.

Of far more value to Latin American historians and Mexicanists in general are the excellent photographic reproductions of front pages, beginning with the initial issue of the Gaceta de México of January 1, 1722, to El Universal Gráfico of March 25, 1959. Some of the typography in the illustrations is legible.

Included in the photographs of journalists are two women, Catalina Dulché Escalante (1897-1950) of Todo magazine, and Concha de Villarreal (1908-1956) of Sucesos magazine.

Under each editor’s picture is a fifty to 150-word biography. Condensing the journalistic careers of such prolific writers as José Vasconcelos (1882-1959) is Carrasco Puente’s chief writing achievement in this volume, which depends on many other writers for the bulk of the articles.

Reproduced is page one of the first issue of El Pensador Mexicano, Fernández de Lizardi’s 1812 liberal newspaper which championed the press freedom promised by the Council of Cádiz. Also reproduced large enough to be read is page one of the first issue of Semanario Patriótico Americano, published by Andrés Quintana Roo (1787-1851) during Mexico’s early days of independence.

Also legible is the reproduction of the top half of page one of the first issue of El Observador de la República Mexicana, dated June 6, 1827.

Compiler Carrasco merits the thanks of Mexicanists for assembling in one volume many page reproductions difficult to encounter away from Mexico City archives.