Readings in Hispanic American History

gestions of how to use these materials. The first can be taken care of by the syllabi, the textbooks, and the monographs which have already been published or which will shortly be published; the second can safely be left to the instructor himself. A glossary giving briefly the meaning of the foreign words and phrases which appear in the book has, however, been appended. A word must be said about the documents themselves. The two selections from Prescott (Nos. 22 and 23) were translated for this collection. The others were taken from materials already published. I have not thought it feasible to tamper in any way with these. I have taken great care, therefore, to reproduce them faithfully. That errors will have crept in is unavoidable. I shall be glad to have attention called to these, so that corrections can be made in a future revised edition.

I desire to express my appreciation of the friendly manner in which authors and publishers have responded to requests for permission to incorporate materials over which they have control. The acknowledgments to each and every one from whom materials have been selected are made in their proper place and in their proper form, but I must add that I have met with a most generous response from all concerned.

The number of co-workers from whom I have constantly received aid and assistance in the preparation of this work is naturally very large. I shall name only those who have rendered the greatest services. I am under lasting indebtedness to that prince among historical scholars Dr. Herbert Eugene Bolton. Without his kindly sympathy and unfailing support it would have been impossible to undertake this work. It was to him. that I first took my problems, and it is to him that I have freely gone ever since. I owe to that other prince among the scholars of our field, Dr. James Alexander Robertson, my grateful thanks. He has given generously of his time and thought to make the work a success. I am especially grateful to him for the excellent introduction which he was kind enough to write for this volume. The other member of this inner trio is Dr. Isaac Joslin Cox.

He has read the greater part of the manuscript. I want to thank him for kindly but invaluable criticisms. I also owe a word of grateful appreciation for kindly and sympathetic support to Dr. Mary Wilhelmina Williams, Dr. Herbert Ingram Priestley, Dr. Charles E. Chapman, Dr. J. Fred Rippy, and Dr. Charles Wilson Hackett. The unfailing courtesy and intelligent assistance of the members of the staff of the library of the University of Pittsburgh and of the Carnegie Public Library of Pittsburgh have greatly facilitated the work. I wish especially to mention by name Mr. J. Howard Dice, the librarian of the University of Pittsburgh, and Miss Irene Stewart, the reference librarian of the Carnegie Public Library of Pittsburgh.

To my wife, Hilma Willd Cleven, I am under great obligations for her kindly and considerate coöperation. It would have been impossible to do the work without her constant, vigilant, and intelligent support.

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