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 studies of the Philippines and their conditions. He has published also numerous contributions on the dialectic Spanish there in use; on their industrial products and commercial relations; on the deposits of coal and gold; on the immigration and labor questions; on the volcanic systems; on the missions and their influence; on the causes of the revolution; on the native dialects; and on general political questions.

As no one is better informed than Professor Blumentritt on the actual mental status of the Filipinos, it will interest readers to learn that he is positive they are sufficiently advanced to be capable of independent self-government, and it is his ardent wish that this shall be the outcome of our wresting them from Spanish misrule.