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Title: An Epoch in History

Author: P. H. Eley

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AN EPOCH IN HISTORY

by

P. H. ELEY

[Illustration: (signed) Very Truly, P. H. Eley.]

_TO MY MOTHER,
whose tender love and
devotion for me are ever
unchanged, I dedicate
this book._

Copyright, 1904, by P. H. Eley.

CONTENTS.

1. AN EPOCH IN HISTORY.

2. MANILA.

3. A DRAMA IN ACTUAL LIFE.

4. WHAT THE TEACHERS DID.

5. A "BAILE."

6. A SKETCH OF LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

7. THE FILIPINO AT HOME.

8. A VISIT TO A LEPER COLONY.

9. A "HIKE."

PREFACE.

It was the good fortune of the author to take part in a movement
without precedent in the history of the world, and the incidents
concurrent with, together with those subsequent to that movement, have
furnished the material for this book. It has been the object of the
writer to weave into the story of his actual experiences an account of
those things which are as yet an unexplored field in the realm of
letters. The work is submitted to the reader in the hope that it will
prove to be pregnant with interest to those who are in sympathy with
great movements and to those who listen with delight to stories of
personal experiences in distant lands and among strange peoples.

THE AUTHOR.

_The Virginia Polytechnic Institute, April, 1904._

CHAPTER I.

AN EPOCH IN HISTORY.

Few people pause to think that Tuesday, the twenty-third