Berlin 25 December 1886 MY DEAREST MOTHER, Today, Christmas, I take up the pen to write you a few lines; I want to devote a few hours this morning to a mental conversation with you while I think constantly that probably at this time the little grandchildren are...

Berlin Sinapsim and sudorific against torticollis — Meaning of race, nation, tribe, clan, caste — Viola wants to meet Blumentritt — A gift of a cigar-box — Seeing still strong old men like the emperor, Moltke, and Bismarck, Rizal longed to see his father reach...

Berlin 9 December 1886 Esteemed Friend, Pardon me for not having answered at once your welcome letter which I received together with your photograph, because I was sick then, but it did me much good to hear how you talk about me and of my modest work. I have placed...

Berlin Feverish, no sun and wintry wind — Another admirer of Blumentrtt — Rizal with Viola and young Moret on Christmas eve — Greetings — Christmas tree — At Manila, midnight supper with the family — The Belén with the Child Jesus — The best season in the Philippines...

Berlin 3 December 1886 MRS. TEODORA ALONZO MY DEAREST MOTHER, Although I haven't received news about your health for months now, I flatter myself, however, with the belief that you are enjoying the best of health, for otherwise my brothers and brothers-in-law would...

Calamba Paciano is against Rizal's immediate return — He advices him to await the verdict on his novel, Noli me Tángere — Rizal's Tagalog translation of William Tell is not very idiomatic — Will translate Mary Stuart with the help of Capitan Marias — The new parish...

Berlin Rizal’s translation of the Ethnography of Mindanao — Deficiencies in Rizal’s map — Remembrances of the Ateneo — “Those were happy days . . .” — Rizal will publish a geography textbook as an explanatory work on the Malayans — Foreigners pay more attention to the...

Manila 29 November 1886 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL ESTEEMED JOSÉ, I send you enclosed a draft for ₱300 which you can collect from the Berlin Bank, but the firm that issued that draft told me that you can collect it there in Leipzig, as it must have a branch there in that...

Berlin Waitz’ Anthropology of Primitive Peoples — Unity of the human race — Translation of Schiller’s and Andersen’s stories sent to his nephew — I will make use of the Royal Library for the study of the history of my native country — Chamisso’s work and his adventure...

Leitmeritz Leitmeritz, 23 November 1886 My esteemed Sir, As you see, I answer at once your esteemed letter of yesterday. I’m glad that you have made known to your countrymen Andersen and our great Schiller. The former’s tales will please Filipino youth as they do our...