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The Philippine Islands
The Philippine Islands
By Ramon Reyes Lala A Native of Manila
Illustrated MDCCCXCIX Continental Publishing Company 25 Park Place, New York
Copyright 1898 By Continental Publishing Co.
The Philippine Islands
TO Rear-Admiral Dewey, WHOSE RECENT GREAT VICTORY OVER THE SPANISH FLEET HAS BEGUN A NEW ERA OF FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY FOR MY COUNTRY, AND TO President McKinley, IN WHOSE HAND LIES THE DESTINY OF EIGHT MILLIONS OF FILIPINOS, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED.