This text was prepared by volunteers associated with Heritage-History, using as copytext, The Growth of the British Empire, by M. B. Synge, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1911. Proofreading was completed and images were prepared by Lisa Ripperton.

Since this book was first published before 1923, it is in the public domain in the United States. By U.S. law, it entered the public domain 75 years after its first publication.

A number of illustrations by E. M. Synge are included in the text.

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