In 1913, he wrote and published the two volume book The United States and Mexico, 1821-1848: A History of the Relations between the Two Countries from the Independence of Mexico to the Close of the War with the United States.
またライヴスは1913年に『合衆国とメキシコ (1821-1848) : メキシコ独立から米墨戦争の終結までの二国間の関係の歴史』(The United States and Mexico, 1821-1848: A History of the Relations between the Two Countries from the Independence of Mexico to the Close of the War with the United States) を出版した。