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The Author.

The Philippine Islands

A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago

Embracing the Whole Period of Spanish Rule

With an Account of the Succeeding American Insular Government

By John Foreman, F.R.G.S.

Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged with Maps and Illustrations
London: T. Fisher Unwin
1, Adelphi Terrace.
MCMVI

Table of Contents

[Preface to the First Edition]
[Preface to the Third Edition]
[Table of Contents]
[List of Illustrations]
[Introduction]
[General Description of the Archipelago]
[Discovery of the Archipelago]
[Philippine Dependencies, Up To 1898: The Ladrones, Carolines and Pelew Islands]
[Attempted Conquest by Chinese]
[Early Relations With Japan]
[Conflicts with the Dutch]
[British Occupation of Manila]
[The Chinese]
[Wild Tribes and Pagans]
[Mahometans and Southern Tribes]
[Domesticated Natives—Origin—Character]
[The Religious Orders]
[Spanish Insular Government]
[Spanish-Philippine Finances]
[Trade of the Islands: Its Early History]
[Agriculture]
[Manila Hemp—Coffee—Tobacco]
[Sundry Forest and Farm Produce: Maize—Cacao—Coprah, Etc.]
[Mineral Products: Coal—Gold—Iron—Copper—Sulphur, Etc.]
[Domestic Live-stock—Ponies, Buffaloes, Etc.]
[Manila Under Spanish Rule]
[The Tagálog Rebellion of 1896–98: First Period]
[The Tagálog Rebellion of 1896–98: Second Period: American Intervention]
[An Outline of the War of Independence, Period 1899–1901]
[The Philippine Republic in the Central and Southern Islands]
[The Spanish Prisoners]
[End of the War of Independence and After]
[Modern Manila]
[The Land of the Moros: “Allah Akbar!”]
[The Spanish Friars, After 1898]
[Trade and Agriculture Since the American Advent]
[Trade Statistics]
[Chronological Table of Leading Events]
[Index]