Heidelberg
Heidelberg, 31 July 1886
Esteemed Professor Ferdinand Blumentritt
Esteemed Sir,
Having heard that Your Lordship is studying our language and that you have already published some works on the subject, I take the liberty of sending you a valuable book[1] written in that language by a countryman of mine. The Spanish version is mediocre because the author is only a modest writer, but the Tagalog portion is good and this is precisely the language spoken in our province.
I am
Very respectfully yours,
J. Rizal
02-164 [Blumentritt V.1]
[1] Baltazar Hern ández, Aritm é tica . 1st edition. Manila, Imprenta del Colegio de Santo Tomás, 1868. 4 ° , 224 pages, in two columns. In Tagalog and Spanish.