Selections from The conquest of Peru / W. H. Prescott -- The New World / L. Acton -- The European backgrown of Brazilian history / G. Freyre -- Manuelita Saenz / G. Arciniegas -- The later American policy of George Canning / H. W. V. Temperley -- Selections from "Dr. Francia" / T. Carlyle -- The rise and fall of the Mexican Empire / L. Acton -- The relation of the races in South America / L. Bryce -- Whose hemisphere? / A. P. Whitaker -- Chile: the economic crisis / A. Siegfried -- Selections from the rich culture of Mexico / F. S. C. Northrop -- Intellectual origins of Aprismo / R. E. McNicoll -- Some effects of population growth on Latin America's economy / A. Gonzalez -- Swan lake / P. Kramer -- Fidel Castro / F. Tannenbaum -- Power and social change in Colombia: the Cauca Valley / C. Blasier.