THE SPELL OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND THE PHILIPPINES THE SPELL SERIES _Each volume with one or more colored plates and many illustrations from original drawings or special photographs. Octavo, decorative cover, gilt top, boxed._ _Per volume, net $2.50; carriage paid $2.70_ BY ISABEL ANDERSON THE SPELL OF BELGIUM THE SPELL OF JAPAN THE SPELL OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND THE PHILIPPINES BY CAROLINE ATWATER MASON THE SPELL OF ITALY THE SPELL OF SOUTHERN SHORES THE SPELL OF FRANCE BY ARCHIE BELL THE SPELL OF CHINA THE SPELL OF EGYPT THE SPELL OF THE HOLY LAND BY KEITH CLARK THE SPELL OF SPAIN THE SPELL OF SCOTLAND BY W. D. MCCRACKAN THE SPELL OF TYROL THE SPELL OF THE ITALIAN LAKES BY EDWARD NEVILLE VOSE THE SPELL OF FLANDERS BY BURTON E. STEVENSON THE SPELL OF HOLLAND BY JULIA DE W. ADDISON THE SPELL OF ENGLAND BY NATHAN HASKELL DOLE THE SPELL OF SWITZERLAND THE PAGE COMPANY 53 Beacon Street Boston, Mass. [Illustration: _Mount Mayon_ (_See page 308_)] The SPELL of THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND THE PHILIPPINES _Being an Account of the Historical and Political Conditions of Our Pacific Possessions, together with Descriptions of the natural Charm and Beauty of the Countries and the strange and interesting Customs of their Peoples._ _BY_ _Isabel Anderson_ _Author of "The Spell of Japan," "The Spell of Belgium," etc._ ILLUSTRATED BOSTON THE PAGE COMPANY PUBLISHERS _Copyright, 1916, by_ THE PAGE COMPANY _All rights reserved_ Published in November, 1916 Second Impression, June, 1917 THE COLONIAL PRESS C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U. S. A. I DEDICATE THIS BOOK WITH LOVE TO THE MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER WILLIAM F. WELD WHOSE SHIPS SAILED UPON THESE TROPICAL SEAS FOREWORD It is my hope that this book about our islands in the Pacific ocean may be of some interest, if for no other reason than that there is at present so much discussion as to whether or not we should keep the Philippines. Soon after the close of the Civil War my father, who was a naval officer, was sent on a cruise on the Pacific and stopped for a time both at Honolulu and Manila. During this cruise he took part in the occupation and survey of Midway Island, as it is now called--_our first possession in Pacific waters_. Many years later, when my husband and I started on our first trip to the East, I asked my father if he would give us letters of introduction to his many friends there. He replied, "It is a long time since I visited the islands in the Pacific; if my friends have forgotten me letters would do no good, and if they remember me letters are not necessary." Needless to say, they did remember him and extended to us the most cordial hospitality.