Excerpt from The History of Nations; Colonies of the World; The Philippines, Under American Government, Vol. 20 IN this edition the chapters relating to the history Of the Latin American republics since their independence have been omitted to adapt the volume to this series. Their place has been supplied by a short account of the oversea colonial expansion of the Euro pean powers and of the United States Since the issue Of the first edition. The wonderful internal colonization Of the West by the United States and Of Siberia by Russia lies outside of our field. The far-reaching changes of the thirty years have put colonization in a new light and made necessary many changes in the portion of the original edition which has been retained, and the present editor is alone responsible for the text now printed. I take this opportu mity to gratefully acknowledge the helpful suggestions and advice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.