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.
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.