Panama to Patagonia: The Isthmian Canal and the West Coast Countries of South America

xx, 398 pp. Green boards with gilt tiles, top edge gilt. Black-and-white frontispiece, maps and illustrations. Includes: Economic Effect of the Canal; Travel Hints; The Isthmus of Panama; A Glimpse of Ecuador; Peruvian Shore Towns; Lima and the Cordilleras; Arequipa and Lake Titicaca; The Regions and Their Resources; Waterways and Railways; The People and Their Increase; Peru's Growing Stability; Along Coast to Magellan Straits; Life in the Chilean Capital; Nitrate of Soda an Aladdin's Lamp; Chile's Unique Political History; Palpitating Social Questions; Chile's Industrial Future; Wayfaring in Bolivia--The Royal Andes; Wayfaring in Bolivia--The Central Plateau; The Mexico of South America; Bolivian National Policy; New Basis of the Monroe Doctrine; Appendix: Hydrographic Tables of Distances; Index.