PREFACE
I wish to depict conditions as they exist and reflect them in my writings. In fact, "A Child of Sorrow" is a fragmentary page of real life, with distinct morale and personality. I believe that personality transcends technique. There is no doubt but that we are all after truth and sincerity, and not dream and fantasy. I have woven a native story of a local color, imbued with modern and foreign elements,—as I want the best that is local and the best that is foreign harmoniously blended together to form what is known as our National Literature. However, I implore silence as to the real names of some of the personae of the novel, for they are still living, and probably you have once or twice met or talked with them. Silence, you know, is golden.
The Author.
Manila,
December 16, 1921.
