Excerpt from Panama: The Canal, the Country and the People Chapters I, III, XXVI, XXX, XXXI, and XXXIII appeared as articles in The Outlook; Chapter II in Harper's Weekly; Chapter VIII in Success Magazine. Chapter XXXIV is a compilation of material used in articles for Success and The Coming Nation. They are reprinted here through the courtesy of the original publishers. The works of Bancroft, Fiske, Irving, Prescott and Winsor - the principal authorities on the epoch of discovery and colonization - have been freely used. Other authors have been quoted - acknowledgment is made in the text - and many more have been consulted. The staff of the American History Department of the New York Public Library have been of great assistance. While on the Isthmus I have received courtesies too numerous to mention from the canal men. I am especially indebted to Col.

George W. Goethals, the Chairman and Chief Engineer, and to Mr. Joseph Bucklin Bishop, the Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission. The chapter on health conditions could not have been written except for the kind assistance of Mr. Jennings, the Entomologist of the Sanitary Department. In a more personal way I am deeply in the debt of my friend, John O. Collins, for suggestions and services without end. The exact information contained in this volume is due to those I have mentioned.

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