CONDITION REPORT:
316 pages, divided into 3 parts with 6 chapters each, in very good condition; complete text pages albeit with foxing, with intact binding, slightly worn out cover
With a handwritten note on page 1 and a printed dedication by the author to Jose Maria Miguel de Lezo y Vasco on page 5

Exhibited: :
Exposicion General de Las Islas Filipinas, 1887, Madrid
Exposicion Historico-Americana, 1892 alongside the Exposicion Historico-Europea, 1892, Madrid
Exposicion Historico-Natural y Etnografica, 1893, Madrid
Exposicion Regional Filipina, 1895, Manila.

ABOUT THE WORK

In writing the book, Antonio Garcia del Canto, the author, put forward his intent in this manner: “To paint what I have seen, without exaggeration of any kind, to describe some extremely picturesque places and in particular those that have wounded my imagination the most, to point out and anathematize the vices that have most disgusted me so that they can be corrected, taking some steps...such has been the thought that has led me to write this work, which I have given the form of a novel in order to adorn it as much as possible with the finery of poetry.” Thus, the book contains stories replete with interesting ethnographic observations presented in novelistic manner. Thus, there are chapters about the pariancillo (Chinese quarters), los Igorrotes del Amburayan (the Igorots of Amburayan), Manila y los españoles among others. (Lars Raymund C. Ubaldo, Ph.D.)