Selected Writings of Andres Bello Book

	Series Editors' Introduction
	Note on the Author and the Editor
	Chronology of Andres Bello
	Preface
	Note on the Sources and Translation
	Introduction
I	Language and Literature
	El Repertorio Americano: Prospectus	3
	Allocution to Poetry	7
	Ode to Tropical Agriculture	29
	La Araucana, Don Alonso de Ercilla y Zuniga	38
	A Short Essay on the Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing	48
	Notes on the Advisability of Simplifying and Standardizing Orthography in America	60
	Orthography	72
	Prologue: Ideological Analysis of the Tenses of the Spanish Conjugation	85
	Spanish Grammar	88
	Prologue: Grammar of the Spanish Language	96
	Notes to Part I	103
II	Education and History
	On the Aims of Education and the Means of Promoting It	109
	The Study of Jurisprudence	117
	Latin and Roman Law	119
	Address Delivered at the Inauguration of the University of Chile	124
	Address Delivered at the Opening of the Colegio Santo Tomas	138
	Report on the Progress of Public Instruction for the Five-Year Period, 1844-1848	143
	Commentary on "Investigations on the Social Influence of the Spanish Conquest and Colonial Regime in Chile"	154
	Commentary on "Historical Sketch of the Constitution of the Government of Chile during the First Period of the Revolution, 1810 to 1814"	169
	The Craft of History	175
	Notes to Part II	184
III	Government, Law, and International Relations
	Letter to Servando Teresa de Mier	189
	American Politics	192
	Monarchies in America	194
	On Relations with Spain	195
	American Congress	213
	Letter to Antonio Leocadio Guzman	225
	Principles of International Law	229
	Reforms to the Constitution	255
	Observance of the Laws	261
	Civil Code: Presentation of the Bill to the Congress	270
	Government and Society	287
	Letter to Manuel Ancizar	291
	Notes to Part III	293