Yesterdays in the Philippines
by Joseph Earle Stevens
(1898; revised edition 2006)
Introduction
Introduction
[Introduction]
Chapter 1
1a: Leaving "God's Country" (Crossing Pacific Ocean by Steamer) • Hong Kong • Crossing to Luzon • Manila Bay
[Part 1a]
1b: First View of the City (Manila) • Earthquake Precautions in Manila • Balconies and Window Gratings • The River Pasig • Promendade on the Malecon • The Old City • The Puente de España • Population
[Part 1b]
1c: A Philippine Bed • The English Club in Manila • The Luneta • A Christmas Dinner at the Club
[Part 1c]
Chapter 2
2a: Shopping at the "Botica Inglesa" • The Chit System • Celebrating New Year's Eve • Manila Cooking Arrangements • Floors and Windows • Peculiarities of the Tram Car Service • Roosters Everywhere
[Part 2a]
2b: Italian Opera • Philippine Music • The Mercury at 74 Degrees and an Epidemic of "Grippe"
[Part 2b]
2c: Fight Between a Bull and a Tiger • A Sorry Fiasco Carnival Sunday
[Part 2c]
Chapter 3
3a: A Philippine valet • The Three Days Chinese New Year • Marionettes and Minstrels at Manila • Yankee Skippers
[Part 3a]
3b: Furnishing a Bungalow • Rats, Lizards, and Mosquitos • A New Arrival • Pony Races in Santa Mesa
[Part 3b]
3c: Cigars and Cheroots • Servants • Cool Mountain Breezes • House-snakes • Cost of Living • Holy Week
[Part 3c]
Chapter 4
4a: An Up-Country Excursion. Steaming up the River to the Lake. Legend of the Chinaman and the Crocodile. Santa Cruz and Pansanjan. Dress of the Women. Mountain Gorges and the Rapids.
[Part 4a]
4b: Church Processions. Cocoanut Rafts. A "Carromata" Ride to Paquil.
[Part 4b]
4c: An Earthquake Lasting Forty-five Seconds. Small-pox and other Diseases in the Philippines.
[Part 4c]
4d: The Manila Fire Department. How Thatch Dealers Boom the the Market. Cost of Living.
[Part 4d]
Chapter 5
5a: Visit of the Sagamore. Another Mountain Excursion. The Caves of Montalvan. A Hundred-mile View. A Village School.
[Part 5a]
5b: A "Fiesta" at Obando. The Manila Fire Tree.
[Part 5b]
5c: A Move to the Seashore. A Waterspout. Captain Tayler's Dilemma.
[Part 5c]
5d: A Trip Southward. The Lake Taal and its Volcano. Seven Hours of Poling.
[Part 5d]
5e: A Night's Sleep in a Hen-coop.
[Part 5e]
Chapter 6
6a: First Storm of the Rainy Season. Fourth of July.
[Part 6a]
6b: Chinese "Chow" Dogs. Crullers and Pie and a Chinese Cook.
[Part 6b]
6c: A Red-letter Day. The China-Japan War.
[Part 6c]
6d: Manila Newspapers. General Blanco and the Archbishop.
[Part 6d]
6e: An American Fire-Engine and its Lively Trial
[Part 6e]
6f: The Coming of the Typhoon. Violence of the Wind. The Floods Next.
[Part 6f]
6g: Manila Monotony
[Part 6g]
Chapter 7
7a: A Series of Typhoons. A Chinese Feast-day.
[Part 7a]
7b: A Bank-holiday Excursion (on the Laguna de Bay). Lost in the Mist. Los Baños. The "Enchanted Lake".
[Part 7b]
7c: Six Dollars for a Human Life
[Part 7c]
7d: Return to Manila via Los Baños
[Part 7d]
7e: A Religious Procession
[Part 7e]
7f: Celebration of the Expulsion of the Chinese. Bicycle Races and Fireworks.
[Part 7f]