Contents

pp v-vi

FOREWORD

pp vii-viii

NOTE ON ROMANIZATION

pp ix-ix

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

pp x-x

PART A - ON LITERATURE

pp 1-2

1 - Burmese Poetry, 1450–1885: Its' Scope and Nature

pp 3-19

2 - The Beginnings of Modern Popular Burmese Literature, 1870–1940

pp 20-32

PART B - ON HISTORIOGRAPHY

pp 33-34

3 - Observations on Some of the Indigenous Sources for Burmese History Down to 1886

pp 35-51

4 - Burmese Historiography: The Source, Nature and Development of Burmese Chronicles

pp 52-68

PART C - ON SCHOLARSHIP

pp 69-70

5 - From Peasant to Professor

pp 71-74

6 - Contributing to the Advancement of Knowledge: Reminiscences on the Birth of an Article Fifteen Years After Its Conception, 1935–50

pp 75-83

7 - Collecting Burmese Proverbs

pp 84-92

8 - The Burmese-English Dictionary

pp 93-102

PART D - ON LANGUAGE

pp 103-104

9 - Burmese Royal Language

pp 105-117

10 - Officials' Titles in Burmese

pp 118-129

11 - Sanskrit and Pali Derivatives in the Language of Burmese Government and Politics

pp 130-138

PART E - ON LIFE

pp 139-140

12 - Riddles

pp 141-154

13 - Hospitality

pp 155-163

14 - Family and Other Aspects of Life in Burma

pp 164-177

15 - A Shin-byú-bwè in Burma

pp 178-186

PART F - ON BUDDHISM

pp 187-188

16 - Buddhism in Burma: Supporters

pp 189-199

17 - Buddhism in Burma: Disseminators

pp 200-210

MAJOR PUBLISHED WORKS BY HLA PE

pp 211-214

THE AUTHOR

pp 215-215