Philippine Prose and Poetry (Volume 1)

Philippine Prose and Poetry, Volume 1, compiled by the Bureau of Education (1941), is the government-produced high school anthology that first established Filipino writing in English as a formal subject of study in secondary schools. Contributors include Rizal, Recto, Manalang-Gloria, Balagtas, and H. Otley Beyer, gathered under one cover in a text that served classrooms across the country during the Commonwealth years.