Note XII-68 — Chapter XII · REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA. 1838-1855.

Lévy, Nic., 335. Pablo Lévy, Notas Geográficas y Económicas sobre la República de Nicaragua, Paris, 1873, Roy. 8°, 627 pp. and map, is a treatise on Nicaragua and its inhabitants. Beginning with an historical résumé of ancient and modern Nicaragua, it gives a review of the topography, climate, natural productions, government, people, and their institutions. The writer's information on the country's physical peculiarities may be set down as useful, though some deficiency is noted; but that on the political and administrative branches is unreliable, showing him to have had but little knowledge of Central American politics. He evidently had not the documents upon which to form a correct judgment. The question of a canal across the isthmus of Nicaragua is also reviewed, and a résumé of its history given. The last general treaty with the U. S. was negotiated in 1867. There was also a convention for the extradition of criminals in 1871. Nic. has made arrangements to pay Am. claims against her, and on her part asked compensation for the damages caused by the bombardment of San Juan, which the Am. govt refused. Perez, Mem. Camp. Nac., 18-19; Rocha, Cód. Nic., i. 93; Nic., Trat. de Amistad, etc., entre Nic. y los EE. UU., 1-16; San Juan del Norte, Las Cenizas, 1874, 1-12; Lévy, Nic., 235-9; Salv., Diario Ofic., Nov. 10, Dec. 22, 1878; Berruel, Frères et Cie, Petition, 1-20; and a multitude of U. S. govt docs., and other papers.