ADELINE KNAPP

Author of “How to Live,” etc.

WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS

SILVER, BURDETT AND COMPANY

NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO

Copyright, 1902, by

SILVER, BURDETT AND COMPANY

PREFATORY NOTE.

The history of the Philippine Islands is little known to its people to-day, for the records are few and not easy of access. Just at the present time this knowledge is especially necessary to the Filipino people. A knowledge of the conditions of the past is of the greatest importance to a people desirous of planning wisely and well for the future.