INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LETTER I. MANILA
LETTER II. FROM MANILA TO ILOILO
LETTER III. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ILOILO
LETTER IV. A PHILIPPINE HOUSE AMERICAN PRICES NATIVE SERVANTS FURNITURE
LETTER V. HOUSEKEEPING IN ILOILO
LETTER VI. A WASTED LAND
LETTER VII. CUSTOMS AND DRESS OF THE NATIVES
LETTER VIII. SOCIAL AMUSEMENTS
LETTER IX. TARIFFS INSECTS
LETTER X. A FILIPINO THEATRE CARABAOS
LETTER XI. SOME RESULTS OF THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION
LETTER XII. CHINESE NEW YEAR LABOUR CONDITIONS A CINEMATOGRAPH SHOW
LETTER XIII. SOME INFLUENCES OF CLIMATE, SCENERY, AND RELIGION
LETTER XIV. VOYAGE TO MANILA
LETTER XV. AN OFFICIAL ENTERTAINMENT
LETTER XVI. MANILA AND ITS INHABITANTS
LETTER XVII. DEMOCRACY AND SOCIETY IN MANILA
LETTER XVIII. THE RETURN VOYAGE AND MY COMPANIONS
LETTER XIX. A BAILE A NEW COOK AND AMERICAN METHODS
LETTER XX. FILIPINO INDOLENCE A DROUGHT
LETTER XXI. THE WHARVES AN OLD SPANIARD
LETTER XXII. A TRIP TO GUIMARAS AN ASTONISHING PROPOSAL HOUSEBUILDING
LETTER XXIII. A TROPICAL SHOWER OUR SERVANTS FILIPINO CUSTOMS
LETTER XXIV. EASTER FESTIVITIES
LETTER XXV. A DAY AT NAGABA
LETTER XXVI. THE MONSOON AN ITALIAN OPERA COMPANY
LETTER XXVII. A WEEK-END AT NAGABA
LETTER XXVIII. A LITTLE EARTHQUAKE, AND AN OPERA COMPANY UNDER DIFFICULTIES
LETTER XXIX. AN EVENING ON THE RIVER RIVAL BISHOPS
LETTER XXX. PHILIPPINE SANITATION DECORATION DAY
LETTER XXXI. MR TAFT TROPICAL SUNSETS UNPLEASANT NEIGHBOURS FILIPINO LAW
LETTER XXXII. OUR MONGEESE A FIRE THE NATIVE EDUCATION QUESTION
LETTER XXXIII. A PAPER-CHASE LACK OF SPORTS PREPARATIONS FOR MR TAFT
LETTER XXXIV. TRYING HEAT AN AMERICAN PROSPECTOR NEW LODGERS BARGAINING FOR PInA
LETTER XXXV. DECLARATION DAY THE CULT OF THE FLAG A PROCESSION, FESTIVITIES, AND A BALL
LETTER XXXVI. COCK-FIGHTING PULAJANES
LETTER XXXVII. A PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
LETTER XXXVIII. AGRICULTURAL POSSIBILITIES
LETTER XXXIX. A LAST DAY AT NAGABA THE "SECWAR"
LETTER XL. PREPARATIONS
LETTER XLI. THE FESTIVITIES
LETTER XLII. WEIGHING ANCHOR
LETTER XLIII. HOMEWARD BOUND
FOOTNOTES
INDEX
AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN THE PHILIPPINES
First Edition July 1906
Reprinted October 1906
BY MRS CAMPBELL DAUNCEY
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP
NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON AND COMPANY 1906
Printed in Great Britain