The Philippines Past and Present Peace and Prosperity. This chance photograph showing General Emilio Aguinaldo as he is to-day, standing with Director of Education Frank L. Crone, beside a field of corn raised by Emilio Aguinaldo, Jr., in a school contest, typifies the peace, prosperity, and enlightenment which have been brought about in the Philippine Islands under American rule. The Philippines Past and Present By Dean C. Worcester Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Islands 1901-1913; Member of the Philippine Commission, 1900-1913 Author of "The Philippine Islands and Their People" In Two Volumes -- With 128 Plates Volume I 1914 CONTENTS VOL. I Chapter I. View Point and Subject-Matter II. Was Independence Promised? III. Insurgent "Coöperation" IV. The Premeditated Insurgent Attack V. Insurgent Rule and the Wilcox-Sargent Report VI. Insurgent Rule in the Cagayan Valley VII. Insurgent Rule in the Visayas and Elsewhere VIII. Did We Destroy a Republic? IX. The Conduct of the War X. Mr. Bryan and Independence XI. The First Philippine Commission XII. The Establishment of Civil Government XIII. The Philippine Civil Service XIV. The Constabulary and Public Order XV. The Administration of Justice XVI. Health Conditions XVII. Baguio and the Benguet Road XVIII. The Coördination of Scientific Work LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOL. I