Tokyo Tokyo, 1 March 1888 MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS: Here I am in the capital city of the Japanese Empire, leading again my solitary and vagabond life in Europe. I left Hong Kong on the 22nd of February on the Oceanic and arrived at Yokohama on the 28th after...
1888
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.
16 February 1888
Hong Kong Hong-Kong, February 16, 1888 Miss Trinidad Rizal My dear sister Trining: From this island of Asia I am writing you in order to give you some advice, for we all need advice, beginning from the Archbishop and ending with F. Baldomero Real. I do not speak about...
15 February 1888
Manila An anonymous letter, well-known, and signed "A Friar" calls Rizal ungrateful — It expresses the attitude of the friars toward the educated Filipinos — Friars doing everything humanly possible bring Filipinos out of darkness — The Government at fault for the...
10 February 1888
Hong Kong Hongkong, February 10, 1888 Victoria School My dear Parents and Brothers: When you receive this letter you can still answer me, with the assurance that your letter will still reach me here, because I am thinking of sailing on the Oceanic or on the Gaelic....
9 February 1888
Hong Kong Hong Kong, 9 February 1888 Sir, I am here with Mr. Yriarte. I am going to London by way of Japan and the United States. Soon I shall visit with you. Regards to your brothers and to you. Goodbye, sir maginoo. (Signed) RIZAL 05-281 [100 Letters]