Reading and writing the essay : including the biography and related forms
/ [compiled by] Maximo Ramos [and three others]
- Enlarged revised edition
- 213 pages
With 41 selected essays, Filipino, American, and British.
1. Background readings History of essay How to study the essay Writing the essay The beginning and the end Words, sentences, and paragraphs 2. Selected essays Filipino walls and words / Alfredo F. Benitez Chicken for dinner / Antonia Bisquera On having a haircut / P. C. Carag Angling for frogs / Delfin S. Dallo On the familiar essay / Antonio Estrada The will of a river / Alfredo Q. Gonzalez Liberal education in a democracy / Arthur T. Heidenreich Sonia / Francisco B. Icasiano The art of villa / Teodoro M. Locsin Return to the primitive / Salvador P. Lopez Revelry / Maria Luna-Lopez Art and you / I. V. Mallari On being ashamed of one's past / Federico Mangahas The poetry of Rizal / Fernando M. Maramg The Filipino woman / Carmen Guerrero-Nakpil Rizal as businessman / Ernesto Y. Sibal The fine art of loafng / Bernardo Stuart Of men and tobacco / Teodoro F. Valencia American From my ten years in a quandary / Robert C. Benchley On conversation / Oliver Wendell Homes The art of book-making / Wahington Irving Habit / William James Three days to see / Helen Keller The titan / F. M. Meese Walking / Henry David Thoreau British Westminster Abbey / Joseph Addison Sir Roger at church / Joseph Addison, Richard Steele Sweetness and light / Matthew arnold Of studies / Francis Bacon Of revenge / Francis Bacon Of friendship / Francis Bacon How shall I word it? / Max Beerbohm The path to Rome / Hilaire Belloc On running after one's hat / G. K. Chesterton On the fear of death / William Hazlitt Dream-children : a reverie / Charles Lamb The purpose of a liberal education / John H. Newman On the unenjoyment of unpleasant palces / Robert L. Stevenson 3. The biography and related forms The beacon / The editors of newsweek Louis Pasteur / Grove Wilson My education / Rafael Palma