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Excerpt from A Little Journey to Puerto Rico: For Intermediate and Upper Grades Do you know what people mean when they speak of Our New Possessions What are they? Where are they? Why are men, in'the streets, in the shops, everywhere, talking about them? Why are the news papers full of articles in regard to them? Why are our lawmakers at the capital devoting so much time and attention to them? Can you tell? Some of these things you can easily ascertain for yourselves. Others we will speak of here. The new territory which has lately come into the possession of the United States, consists of the islands of Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. Cuba is not included in this list; it is soon to be an inde pendent country. Since Puerto Rico and these other islands have come to be parts of the United States, everyone is anxious to learn something more of them. The best way to lean the geography of a country and the customs of the people is to visit the country and see with your own eyes. 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.