The Putumayo, the Devil's Paradise - Travels in the Peruvian Amazon Region and an Account of the Atrocities Committed Upon the Indians Therein #224447

The extracts from Sir Roger Casement's Report, which form part of this work', are made by per mission oi h.m. Stationery Officef Acknowledge ment is also made for assistance rendered, both to the Rev. J. H. Harris, Organising Secretary of the anti-slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, and to the Editor of T ruth. Portions of mr..hardenburg's accounts have been omitted, and some revisions necessarily made, but the statements of adventures and the occurrences remain as in the original and stand upon their own responsibility. The um pleasing task of editing this book — Whichxstands as perhaps the most terrible page in the Whole history of commercialism — has been undertaken in the hope that permanent betterment in the condition of the unfortunate aborigines of South America will be brought about.