Paris Rizal hasn’t heard from home for a long time – He sends four copies of his edition of Morga to the Philippines – Doña is not resentful of Roxas – Rizal will move to Germany – Will send more if the books is admitted without difficulty – Don Florentino Torres has...
1889
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 December 1889
Barcelona The search of Ponce’s house discussed in the press in Madrid and Barcelona – It reaches the senate, the congress, and the council of ministers – Asks for Rizal’s advice – The decision of the court of honor buries Mir in the garbage can – Sends Rizal receipt...
10 December 1889
Madrid 10 December 1889 DEAR RIZAL, I intended to write you yesterday but it was impossible. Now I do it replying to all your letters. You already know what happened to the affair. Before I left I submitted it to the decision of a court of honor formed by the Press...
10 December 1889
Barcelona Received T. H. Pardo de Tavera’s books – Sending 25 copies of the Noli to Hamburg – Aftermath of the Luna-Mir Deas affair – Search in Ponce’s house on account of Mir’s information – Books without the printer’s name – It is possible that complications may...
5 December 1889
Paris Material for La Solidaridad – Two articles of Blumentritt – Consider appointing a correspondend in Dagupan or Lingayen – An oversight regarding the Luna-Mir affair – Who is Ramiro Franco? – If he is a Spaniard, his praise of Quiquiap is sincere; if he is a...
4 December 1889
Paris Paris, 4 December 1889 My dear Friend and Brother, All your articles in La Solidaridad have delighted me, but this last one[1] pleased me more than all the others. It has more ideas, more depth, and greater range. I congratulate you. The address of Dr. Joest[2]...
2 December 1889
Paris 2 December 1889 [Mr. Mariano Ponce] DEAR FRIEND, I am dropping in the mail together with this two copies of Pardo de Tavera’s book. They are my gift to you, for I owe you so many favors. Do not regard this as payment; rather it is just the interest on the debt I...
1 December 1889
Paris From: Jose Rizal To: Dr. A.B. Meyer What is the meaning of VPOS? – Works of Chamiso – Rizal busy with his second novel – Studying all the books about colonies – Blumentritt’s great disappointment. * * * 45 Rue de Maubeugue, Paris Paris, 1 December 1889 MY...
29 November 1889
Paris 29 November 1889 [Mr. Mariano Ponce] MY FRIEND, In case you receive this before you start for Madrid, please tell our compatriots there that all of us here will help Luna with our will, strength, money, and other things, whatever may happen. We are going to send...
29 November 1889
Paris Posthaste, Paris, 29 November 1889 My dear Friend and Brother, As I am not strong in Greek and as I have no time to look in a dictionary, I should like to tell you to tell me if what is at the end of your prologue is correct. There it is: [a series of Greek...