LIBRARY AUSTIN, TEXAS. 2. The Raids of the Buccaneers.. 5. The Fall of Old Panama. (Poem.) 7. The Isthmian Bubble of 1698.. 8. Trouble with Indians, 1710-1790. 9. Independence from Spain, 1821. 10. The Isthmus in the Days of '49. 11. Lola Montez " of Paris and Panama.". 12. Oceans Linked by Steel Ribbons, 1875. 13. Night of Horror in April, 1856. 14. Attempts to Pierce Isthmus...... 15. DeLesseps-His Great Scheme.. 16. Mutterings of Separation.... 17. In the Throes of Revolution. 20. Story of the Youngest Republic.. 21. The Canal in American Hands. 24. How About it To-day ........ 25. The King Pin of the Canal.. 26. Panama's Morals in the '70 s.... 27. Beyond the Chagres (Poem)... 28. Uncle Sam's Isthmian Domain. 29. Teaching Canal Zone Youth...... 30. The Isthmian Water Supply. 31. Revenue End of the Zone... 34. The New Palace and Theatre. (a) ----Public Land Laws.. (b) --- Mining Laws.. 43. Tourists' Department...... 44. Churches, Societies and Clubs.. 45, Officials of Rep. of Panama, I. ('. (., and I'. R. R.. 46. Classified Business Directory of Panama. 47. Classified Business Directory of Colon... 48. Directory of the Canal Zone 49. Camp Elliott.. 50. Addenda Page. 370. 373. 375. 378. 389. 392. 395. 396. 398. 414, 418. 133. 454. 167. 477. 501, 513. 519. 520. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Page. Frontispiece----Present Isthmian (anal Commission, 21. 27. 34. 41. 47. 56. 67. 73. 80. 91. 94. 102. 109. 118. 123. 130. 137. 144. 153. 155. 160. Page. 164. 167. 174. IST. 188, 192. 1933. 1929. 206. 210. 214. 217. 20. 22. 22. Scene on Panama Railroad in '... 23. Ancon Hospital Entrance. 24. Corozal...... 25. Birds-eye View of Culebra (2). 26. American Quarters, ('ulebra ..... 27. Old Atlantic Entrance to (anal. 28. Pacific Entrance to (anal....... 29. View of Gorgona........ 30. I. C. ('. Hospital, Colon..... 31. Before the Trenches in Panama.. 32. Sinking of the Lautaro .... 33. General Alban Entering ('olon 34. General Perdono ......... 35. P. R. R. Station at Empire'..... 36. Scene in Colon in 'J... 37. Plaza Bolivar, David, ('hiriqui.... 39. President and Mrs. Amador.... 39. José Domingo de Obaldia.. 40. Seene on the Fiquene River, Darien. 41. Map of the Isthinus.. 42. President Roosevelt and Hotel Tivoli.. 43. Old Administration Building, Panama.. 44. Administration Building, Culebra... 45. Trains Hauling Excavations 46. Bas Obispo ('ut. 47. Army Engineers..... 48. A Canal Dredge ... 49. Steam Shovel Loading Train. 50. A Scene on the ('hagres River.. 51. Inauguration of Water Works System, Panama 52. Canal Zone Post-office, Cristobal... 53. Police Station, ('ristobal. 54. New Palace and Theatre 55. Diplomatic Corps 56. Alejandro Dutary. 57. J. F. de la Ossi..... 58. Tableau of Sitions... 59. Donaldo Vrbesco, Author, “ The War on the Isthmus”. 60. Dr. Facundo Mutis Duran...... 61. United States Marines at ('amp Elliott 62. Star & Jerald Building.. : 6. 24.5. 219. 23. 267. 271. 278. 86. 294. :02. 301. 311. 320. 331. 3.36. 361. 361. 371. :378 39), 400. 427. 411. 472. 519. 5. THE PUBLISHER'S ANNOUNCEMENT, In submitting this, the first edition of the Pilot and Guide, the publisher does so, with the firm belief that it will meet with the approbation of its readers. He has departed somewhat from the beaten path of this class of books for the express. purpose of meeting an insistent public demand, that of a work that will enable people interested in Panama and the Isthmian Canal to gain a clear and adequate conception of what has occurred, and is now Books have been published, and some of very good ones, on various phases of Isthmian history and events, but the publisher has tried and believes that he has succeeded in massing more "meat of the Isthmian cocoanut," than has ever before been printed between covers of a book whose title page bears the well known name of “Panama.” To accomplish this end has been no small task. It has been a case of book-building from the ground up. Information and facts had to be hunted out of musty taking place. them the |