Selected writings of Andrés Bello
(Book)

Series editors' introduction

Note on the author and the editor

Chronology of Andrés Bello

Preface

Note on the sources and translation

Introduction

I. Language and literature. El Repertorio Americano : prospectus ; Allocution to poetry ; Ode to tropical agriculture ; La Araucana, Don Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga ; A short essay on the origin and progress of the art of writing ; Notes on the advisability of simplifying and standardizing orthography in America ; Orthography ; Prologue: Ideological analysis of the tenses of the Spanish conjugation ; Spanish grammar ; Prologue: Grammar of the Spanish language ; Notes to Part I

II. Education and history. On the aims of education and the means of promoting it ; The study of jurisprudence ; Latin and Roman law ; Address delivered at the inauguration of the University of Chile ; Address delivered at the opening of the Colegio Santo Tomás ; Report on the progress of public instruction for the five-year period, 1844-1848 ; Commentary on "Investigations on the social influence of the Spanish conquest and colonial regime in Chile" / Jose Victorino Lastarria ; Commentary on "Historical sketch of the Constitution of the government of Chile during the First Period of the Revolution, 1810 to 1814" / Jose Victorino Lastarria ; The craft of history

III. Government, law, and international relations. Letter to Servando Teresa de Mier ; American politics ; Monarchies in America ; On relations with Spain ; American Congress ; Letter to Antonio Leocadio Guzmán ; Principles of international law ; Reforms to the Constitution ; Observance of the laws ; Civil Code : presentation of the bill to the Congress ; Government and society ; Letter to Manuel Ancízar ; Notes to Part II.