The selected writings of Andrés Bello

Contents......Page 8
SERIES EDITORS\' INTRODUCTION......Page 12
NOTE ON THE AUTHOR AND THE EDITOR......Page 16
CHRONOLOGY OF ANDRES BELLO......Page 18
PREFACE......Page 22
NOTE ON THE SOURCES AND TRANSLATION......Page 26
INTRODUCTION......Page 28
I: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE......Page 58
El Repertorio Americano: Prospectus......Page 60
Allocution to Poetry......Page 64
Ode to Tropical Agriculture......Page 86
La Araucana, Don Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga......Page 95
A Short Essay on the Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing......Page 105
Notes on the Advisability of Simplifying and Standardizing Orthography in America......Page 117
Orthography......Page 129
Prologue: Ideological Analysis of the Tenses of the Spanish Conjugation......Page 142
Spanish Grammar......Page 145
Prologue: Grammar of the Spanish Language......Page 153
Notes to Part I......Page 160
II: EDUCATION AND HISTORY......Page 164
On the Aims of Education and the Means of Promoting It......Page 166
The Study of Jurisprudence......Page 174
Latin and Roman Law......Page 176
Address Delivered at the Inauguration of the University of Chile......Page 181
Address Delivered at the Opening of the Colegio Santo Tomás......Page 195
Report on the Progress of Public Instruction for the Five-Year Period, 1844–1848......Page 200
Commentary on \"Investigations on the Social Influence of the Spanish Conquest and Colonial Regime in Chile\"......Page 211
Commentary on \"Historical Sketch of the Constitution of the Government of Chile during the First Period of the Revolution, 1810 to 1814\"......Page 226
The Craft of History......Page 232
Notes to Part II......Page 241
III: GOVERNMENT, LAW, AND INTERNATIONAL, RELATIONS......Page 244
Letter to Servando Teresa de Mier......Page 246
American Politics......Page 249
Monarchies in America......Page 251
On Relations with Spain......Page 252
American Congress......Page 270
Letter to Antonio Leocadio Guzmán......Page 282
Principles of International Law......Page 286
Reforms to the Constitution......Page 312
Observance of the Laws......Page 318
Civil Code: Presentation of the Bill to the Congress......Page 327
Government and Society......Page 344
Letter to Manuel Ancízar......Page 348
Notes to Part III......Page 350
A......Page 354
B......Page 355
C......Page 356
E......Page 357
G......Page 358
H......Page 359
J......Page 360
L......Page 361
M......Page 362
O......Page 363
P......Page 364
S......Page 365
U......Page 367
Z......Page 368