Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The World and Its People, Vol. 11: The Story of the Philippines
This little volume is meant for use in the schools of the United States, and aims to teach American children something about this country which has come under our influence. We can have no real sym pathy with the Filipino people until we understand them, until we know something of their lives and de sires. The American school-teachers in the islands are trying to help the people to understand us, that they may realize that we are trying to help their coun try. We in this land, therefore, should try to under stand the Filipinos, that we may be ready to help them intelligently in the future. The story of the Philippines was written in the islands, where the author spent some months in gathering material and consulting authorities, that the book might be ac curate and just. 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.
