THE ADVANCE OF 

 SOUTH AMERICA 



A FEW NOTES ON SOME INTERESTING BOOKS 

 DEALING WITH THE PAST HISTORY, PRESENT AND 

 FUTURE POSSIBILITIES OF THE GREAT CONTINENT 



When in 1906 Mr. Fisher Unwin commissioned the late 

 Major Martin Hume to prepare a series of volumes by 

 experts on the South American Republics, but little 

 interest had been taken in the country as a possible field 

 for commercial development. The chief reasons for this 

 were ignorance as to the trade conditions and the varied 

 resources of the country, and the general unrest and 

 instability of most of the governments. With the coming 

 of the South American Series of handbooks the financial 

 world began to realize the importance of the country, 

 and, with more settled conditions, began in earnest 

 to develop the remarkable natural resources which 

 awaited outside enterprise. Undoubtedly the most 

 informative books on the various Republics are those 

 included in THE SOUTH AMERICAN SERIES, each of 

 which is the work of a recognized authority on his subject. 



" The output of books upon Latin America has in recent years been 

 very large, a proof doubtless of the increasing interest that is felt 

 in the subject. Of these the * South American Series ' is the most 

 noteworthy." The Times. 



" When the ' South American Series ' is completed, those who take 

 interest in Latin-American affairs will have an invaluable encyclo- 

 paedia at their disposal." Westminster Gazette. 



" Mr. Unwin's ' South American Series' of books are of special interest 

 and value to the capitalist and trader." Chamber of Commerce Journal. 



Full particulars of the volumes in the "South American 

 Series," also of other interesting books on South 

 America, will be found in the pages following. 



T. FISHER UNWIN LTD., 1 ADELPHI TERRACE, LONDON, W.C.2 



