SOUTH AMERICA TWENTY MONTHS OF QUEST AND QUERY BY FRANK VINCENT AUTHOR OF "THE LAND OF THE WHITE ELEPHANT, "THROUGH AND THROUGH THE TROPICS," JOINT AUTHOR OF "THE LADY OF CAWNPORE," ETC. 7 TO H. M. DOM PEDRO II., EMPEROR OF BRAZIL, SCHOLAR AND SCIENTIST, PATRON OF ARTS AND LETTERS, STERLING STATESMAN AND MODEL MONARCH, WHOSE REIGN OF HALF A CENTURY HAS BEEN ZEALOUSLY AND SUCCESSFULLY DEVOTED TO PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE, AND THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY THROUGHOUT THE VAST AND OPULENT "EMPIRE OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS," THIS WORK IS, BY SPECIAL PERMISSION, MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY HIS MAJESTY'S HUMBLE AND OBEDIENT SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. 98807 |