The person who should come: Father Sanchez." Other memoranda refer to various letters from Philippine officials, dated during the years 1583-86, which seem to have been consulted in reference to the "Memorial."] [In the library of Edward E.Ayer, Chicago, is a collection of MSS., transcripts from documents in Spanish archives, which were made during the years 1859-65 by a Spanish official at Madrid, who had been in the Philippine Islands, named Ventura del Arco: it has been kindly loaned to us by Mr.Ayer for use in the present work.

This series, in five volumes, large octavo size, contains some 3,000 pages of matter regarding these islands, from the original MSS.

in the archives; some is copied in full, but often a synopsis only is given.

To many of the documents are added tracings of the original autograph signatures.

Although spelling, punctuation, and capitals are considerably modernized, the work of transcription appears to have been otherwise done carefully, intelligently, and _con amore_; and the collection contains much valuable material in Philippine history.