Calamba Calamba, 6 March 1887 DEAR BROTHER, Enclosed in this letter is a letter addressed to Mr. Luna at Paris with a draft for ₱1, 000. I don't send it to you directly for fear that it might be lost, because you yourself tell me that you are thinking of going to...
1887
This page presents the letters of José Rizal, carefully arranged in chronological order. Each entry follows the sequence of dates to provide a clear view of his thoughts, experiences, and correspondences as they unfolded through time.
5 March 1887
Berlin In Rizal’s notebook Clinica is found this draft of a letter in French, following a French composition entitled Essai sur Pierre Cornielle, dated Berlin, 5 March 1887. It has no addressee. Here he explains the nature and character of his novel Noli me Tangere. *...
4 March 1887
Tokyo Tokyo Hotel, Tokyo, 4 March 1888 Dear Friend, Here you have your friend Rizal, wonder of the Japanese, who has a Japanese face but does not speak Japanese. In the streets, when I do my shopping, people look at me and ill-bred children laugh at me because I speak...
17 February 1887
He sends Rizal issues of El Liberal in which Quiquiap’s anti-Filipino articles appear – Graciano Lopez Jaena’s reply * * * 17 February 1887 My dear Friend, I am waiting for your reply to my last letter. This letter has no other purpose but to send you the enclosed...
16 February 1887
Leitmeritz Leitmeritz, 16 February 1887 Esteemed Friend, I have recovered slightly from the strong catarrh that has bothered me for two weeks, but I’m still as pale as the dead and I feel very weak. In short, I’m a ruin, half-blind, and with weak nerves. Moreover, I’m...
7 February 1887
Berlin Berlin, 7 February 1887 Esteemed Friend, I thank you for having sent me the issues of Globus. I found them very interesting and I beg you to let me keep them for a few days for the perusal of the articles. I’m so busy now that I could only read the first pages....
4 February 1887
Leitmeritz Leitmeritz, 4 February 1887 Mr. José Rizal 71-III Jaegerstrasse Berlin Esteemed Friend, You will receive under separate cover some issues of Globus which contain articles on the Philippines. I shall write you more tomorrow morning. Since Monday I have been...
31 January 1887
Churruca, Madrid Hoping Rizal’s chest ailment is not serious – Condemnation of the projected Philippine exposition – Traditional banquet on 31 December not worthily celebrated – Regrets lack of unity among the Filipinos in Madrid. * * * 4 principal, Churruca, Madrid...
26 January 1887
Berlin Rizal admires Dr. Pardo de Tavera for his knowledge of Sanskirt — He would discover more Sanskirt words in Tagalog — Perfect agreement on Philippine independence — Peaceful struggle is a dream — Spain will never learn the lesson of her former South American...
24 January 1887
Leitmeritz Leitmeritz, 24 January 1887 Mr. José Rizal 71-III Jagerstrasse Berlin Esteemed Friend, I have not had any news from you for more than a week. I hope you have not been sick like me. Only today did I get up from my sick-bed. I had a severe catarrh and I...