Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines: Being an Account of the Historical and Political Conditions of Our Pacific Possessions
Soon after the close of the Civil War my fa ther, who was a naval Officer, was sent on a cruise On the Pacific and stopped for a time both at Honolulu and Manila. During this cruise he took part in the occupation and sur vey Of Midway Island, as it is now called - our first possession in Pacific waters. Many years later, when my husband and I started on our first trip to the East, I asked my father if he would give us letters Of introduction to his many friends there. He replied, It is a long time since I Visited the islands in the Pacific; if my friends have forgotten me letters would do no good, and if they remember me letters are not necessary. Needless to say, they did remember him and extended to us the most cor dial hospitality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
