. The Brazilians and their country . LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN GIFT OP i>Coi\ Nash ^. EARTH Bcas SCIEMCE3 PSINTSD BY THE BURR PRINTING HOUSEU. S. A. PREFACE The purpose of this book is to present a somewhatcomprehensive idea of the life and work of the present-day Brazilians. As no people can be known without aknowledge of the land in which they dwell, and also ofthe historical sources from which they have drawn theirtraditions and customs, attention has been given to thecharacter of the largest of the South American Repub-lics, and to the debt that Brazil owes to Europe, espe-cially
. The Brazilians and their country . LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN GIFT OP i>Coi\ Nash ^. EARTH Bcas SCIEMCE3 PSINTSD BY THE BURR PRINTING HOUSEU. S. A. PREFACE The purpose of this book is to present a somewhatcomprehensive idea of the life and work of the present-day Brazilians. As no people can be known without aknowledge of the land in which they dwell, and also ofthe historical sources from which they have drawn theirtraditions and customs, attention has been given to thecharacter of the largest of the South American Repub-lics, and to the debt that Brazil owes to Europe, espe-cially to Portugal, for its growth and development. It is the common impression of those who visit Brazil,that here a natural stage is set for a great world the curtain has fallen upon the two first acts,the Colonial and the Imperial periods. In the year 1889,the curtain began to raise on the third great modern Re-publican scene. It disclosed members of almost everynationality extant among the players. The backgroundof nation
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