“Mr. Hulbert has evidently mastered his subject, and has treated it very ably and enthusiastically. History is too frequently a mere collection of dry bones, but here we have a book which, when once begun, will be read eagerly to the end, so vividly does the author bring scenes and personages before us.”—_Current Literature._ “As in the prior volumes, the general effect is that of a most entertaining series. The charm of the style is evident.”—_American Historical Review._ “His style is effective ... an invaluable contribution to the makings of American History.”—_New York Evening Post._ “Should fill an important and unoccupied place in American historical literature.”—_The Dial._ “The most important project ever undertaken in the line of Philippine history in any language, above all the English.”—_New York Evening Post._ _The_ Philippine Islands 1493–1898 Being the history of the Philippines from their discovery to the present time Explorations by early Navigators, descriptions of the Islands and their Peoples, their History, and records of the Catholic Missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial, and religious conditions of those Islands from their earliest relations with European Nations to the end of the nineteenth century. _Translated, and edited and annotated by_ E. H. BLAIR _and_ J. A. ROBERTSON, _with introduction and additional notes by_ E. G. BOURNE. With Analytical Index and Illustrations. Limited edition, 55 volumes, large 8vo, cloth, uncut, gilt top. Price $4.00 net per volume. “The work is second in importance only to the original documents; to the student it is even of greater value, since it places before him translations of these historical data which would otherwise be totally inaccessible, and without which no work on the Philippines could be definitive.”—_American Anthropologist._ “At the present time few subjects are discussed so widely and so ignorantly as matters relating to the Philippines.”—_Chicago Chronicle._ “In addition to its value as accurate history, the work is full of interest and of suggestions of thrilling mediæval romance and adventure among strange scenes and wild people.”—_Philadelphia Telegraph._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES Page Changed from Changed to 70 added the perfect notes of the added the perfect notes of the different war hoops, as different war whoops, as 206 cargo. On the 9th of November we cargo. On the 9th of November we felt Newfoundland, left Newfoundland,