<P> We can claim with at least as much accuracy as a well - known writer claims of his little books, that no newspaper would dare print what we have to say . Are we going to be very cruel and abusive, then? By no means: on the contrary, we are going to be impartial . We have no friends--that is a great thing--and no enemies ." Charles Baudelaire, introducing his Review of the Paris Salon of 1845 </P> <P> An editor prepares literary material for publication . The material may be the editor's own original work but more commonly, an editor works with the material of one or more other people . There are different types of editor . Copy editors format text to a particular style and / or correct errors in grammar and spelling without changing the text substantively . On the other hand, an editor may suggest or undertake significant changes to a text to improve its readability, sense or structure . This latter type of editor can go so far as to excise some parts of the text, add new parts, or restructure the whole . The work of editors of ancient texts or manuscripts or collections of works results in differing editions . For example, there are many editions of Shakespeare's plays by notable editors who also contribute original introductions to the resulting publication . Editors who work on journals and newspapers have varying levels of responsibility for the text--they may write original material, in particular, editorials; select what is to be included from a range of items on offer; format the material; or check its accuracy . </P> <P> Encyclopaedists create organised bodies of knowledge . Denis Diderot (1713--1784) is renowned for his contributions to the Encyclopédie . The encyclopaedist Bernardino de Sahagún (1499--1590) was a Franciscan whose Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España is a vast encyclopedia of Mesoamerican civilisation, commonly referred to as the Florentine Codex, after the Italian manuscript library which holds the best preserved copy . </P> <P> Essayists write essays, which are original pieces of writing of moderate length in which the author makes a case in support of an opinion . They are usually in prose, but some writers have used poetry to present their argument . </P>

For which of the following types of writing would first person