John Phillips, who was a nephew of Milton, dedicated another version, called _The Tears of the Indians_, to Oliver Cromwell. Other English editions, bearing different names, appeared in 1614, 1656, and 1689. This last volume bore a truly startling title: _Casas’s horrid Massacres, Butcheries and Cruelties that Hell and Malice could invent, committed by the Spaniards in the West Indies_. It doubtless had a large sale. Ten years later another edition was printed in London: _An Account of the Voyages and Discoveries made by the Spaniards in America, containing the exact Relation hitherto published of their unparalleled cruelties on the Indians in the Destruction of about Forty Millions of People_. The Netherlands being in revolt, both against the Catholic religion and the Spanish government, it is not surprising to find that, in addition to the French editions published in Amsterdam and Antwerp, no less than six different versions were circulated in the Flemish and Dutch vernaculars, as follows: _Seer cort Verhael van de destructie van d’Indien_, etc., Bruselas, 1578. _Spieghel der Spaenscher tyrannye, in West Indien_, etc., Amstelredam, 1596. Another edition of the same followed in the same year and another in 1607. _Den Spieghel van de Spaenscher Tyrannie_, etc., Amstelredam, 1609. Second edition of the same work in 1621. A German translation entitled _Umständige Wahrhafftige Beschreibung der Indianischen Ländern_, etc., was published at Frankfurt-am-Main, in 1645. It seems hardly necessary, otherwise than as a matter of quaint chronicle, to notice the fantastic attempt of the Neapolitan writer, Roselli, to prove that the _Brevissima Relacion_ was not written by Las Casas, but was composed years later by an unknown Frenchman. This suggestion was too agreeable to Spanish susceptibilities to lack approval in Spain when it was first advanced, but it has since been consigned by general consent to the limbo of fanciful inventions. The limits of the present volume exclude the possibility of dealing adequately with a life so fertile in effort, so rich in achievement, as that of Las Casas, and I have confined myself to composing, from an immense mass of material, a brief narrative of the acts and events that seem to best illlustrate his character and to establish his claim to a foremost place among the great moral heroes of the world. I have drawn largely upon his own works, and by frequent and ample quotations from his speeches I have sought to reveal my hero more intimitely to my readers. In reluctantly quitting this field of profitable research, I confidently promise myself the satisfaction of one day seeing literature enriched by an abler presentation of this great theme than I have felt myself prepared to undertake. FRANCIS A. MACNUTT. SCHLOSS RATZÖTZ, TIROL, June, 1908. AUTHORITIES CONSULTED Principal authorities consulted in the preparation of this work: