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QUAINT CORNERS OF ANCIENT EMPIRES: SOUTHERN INDIA, BURMA AND MANILA
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Excerpt from Quaint Corner of Ancient Empires: Southern India, Burma, and Manila:
"F making many books there is no end may already be said concerning this Spanish American war, but, so far, no apology is needed for presenting to our public any work upon the Philippines. If an increase Of the army is demanded for these islands it will not be long before every State in the Union will have men there in whom they are directly interested, and the theatre in which those soldiers must play their parts, and perhaps end their lives, cannot but be Of interest to those left behind them, especially to their wives, mothers, and sisters.
"F making many books there is no end may already be said concerning this Spanish American war, but, so far, no apology is needed for presenting to our public any work upon the Philippines. If an increase Of the army is demanded for these islands it will not be long before every State in the Union will have men there in whom they are directly interested, and the theatre in which those soldiers must play their parts, and perhaps end their lives, cannot but be Of interest to those left behind them, especially to their wives, mothers, and sisters.
Therefore I venture to think that the following account Of the city Of Manila with its surroundings will prove acceptable. If it helps the women who wait, and who in so doing fight the hardest Of all battles, to tide over any Of the weary hours, it will have more than accomplished its purpose."
Title: QUAINT CORNERS OF ANCIENT EMPIRES: SOUTHERN INDIA, BURMA AND MANILA
Author : Shoemaker, M.M.
Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1899
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Gilt-lettered, decorated blue cloth binding. 212 pages. Contents clean and tight. Illustrations were produced from etching a plate through an intaglio process and producing a print from it.