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The Philippine Islands

by John Foreman

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  1. 1Preface to the First Edition
  2. 2Preface to the Third Edition
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4General Description of the Archipelago
  5. 5Discovery of the Archipelago
  6. 6Philippine Dependencies, Up to 1898
  7. 7Attempted Conquest by Chinese
  8. 8Early Relations With Japan
  9. 9Conflicts With the Dutch
  10. 10British Occupation of Manila
  11. 11The Chinese
  12. 12Wild Tribes and Pagans
  13. 13Mahometans and Southern Tribes
  14. 14Domesticated Natives — Origin — Character
  15. 15The Religious Orders
  16. 16Spanish Insular Government
  17. 17Spanish-Philippine Finances
  18. 18Trade of the Islands
  19. 19Agriculture
  20. 20Manila Hemp — Coffee — Tobacco
  21. 21Sundry Forest and Farm Produce — Maize — Cacao — Coprah, Etc.
  22. 22Mineral Products
  23. 23Domestic Live-stock — Ponies, Buffaloes, Etc.
  24. 24Manila Under Spanish Rule
  25. 25The Tagálog Rebellion of 1896–98 First Period
  26. 26The Tagálog Rebellion of 1896–98 Second Period
  27. 27An Outline of the War of Independence, Period 1899–1901
  28. 28The Philippine Republic in the Central and Southern Islands
  29. 29The Spanish Prisoners
  30. 30End of the War of Independence and After
  31. 31Modern Manila
  32. 32The Land of the Moros
  33. 33The Spanish Friars, After 1898
  34. 34Trade and Agriculture Since the American Advent
  35. 35Trade Statistics
  36. 36Chronological Table of Leading Events

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