Excerpt from The Italians: A Study of the Countrymen of Columbus, Dante, and Michael AngeloF all the vast army of aliens who daily 0 pass through the portals of our United States, no one nationality deserves more attention and study than does the Italian. This is true first because of the numerical problem which it presents. The stream of Italian emigra tion has been turning towards the United States with a steadily-increasing current during the last twenty-five years. The percentage of Italian emi grants going to the United States out of the whole number leaving Italy for foreign lands has increased from 1270 in 1888 to in 1905. In 1906, the Italians arriving strong, headed the list of immigrants for that year and the fact that 27 came in the year ending June 30, 1913, shows that they are still attracted to our shores.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.