JOHN HOLLADAY LATANÉ

PH. D., LL. D.

PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY AND DEAN OF THE COLLEGE FACULTY IN THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

Author of "From Isolation to Leadership," "America as a World Power," etc.

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1920

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SOUTH AMERICA

TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER WHOSE DAILY COMMENTS ON PUBLIC QUESTIONS WERE MY FIRST LESSONS IN THE STUDY OF POLITICS AND TO MY MOTHER WHO IMPARTED TO ME A LOVE OF HISTORY AND WHOSE APPROVAL IS STILL THE RICHEST REWARD OF MY EFFORTS