An Observer in the Philippines or Life in Our New Possessions

Description

416 pp. with index, hardbound, with gold gilt, title on front cover and spine.

Published by the American Tract Society, Boston New York Chicago, Lala Edition.

Table of Contents:
– Frontispiece
– Title Page
– Foreword
– Preface
– Contents
– List of Illustrations
– Map
– On an Army Transport
– Mid-Pacific America
– Soldiers Play and Pray
– First Impressions
– Admiral, Dewey’s Victory
– From Manila to Dagupan
– Products of the Islands
– A Day on the Pasig River
– Filipino Characteristics
– Waterfalls and Rapids
– The New Summer Capital
– Marriages–Pure and Mixed
– Chinese or Filipinos?
– Cemetery Privileges
– The Opium Traffic
– Harbor Improvements
– American Army: Humane
– Native Guardians of Peace
– Contagion at Close Range
– The American Teacher
– A Morning with Aguinaldo
– Two Types of Patriots
– Catholicism in the Islands
– The Aglipay Movement
– Protestantism: Its Progress
– The Presbyterian Church
– In Aguinaldo’s Province
– The Silliman Institute
– Methodist, Episcopal Church
– Protestant Episcopal Church
– Christian Association Work
– Bible Distribution
– Trustworthy Men Needed
– The Pearl of the Orient
– Exhibit at St. Louis
– Duty of the American Church
– Appendix
– Authorities Consulted
– Index of Subjects.