Barcelona We now have a rule on which to base Tagalog orthography – Copies of Noli sent to the Agencia Editorial of Arias – More copies of Morga – Ponce’s son wants a picture of Rizal – Ramon Riego de Dios, a progressive compatriot, wishes to be counted among Rizal’s...

Manila Manila, 2 June '90 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL MY DEAR BROTHER, Perhaps you are very resentful because I haven't written you, but don't think that I've forgotten you, for you already know how dear you are to me. Last year, when for the first time they exiled Maneng, I wrote...

Calamba Calamba, 30 May '90 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL MY DEAR BROTHER, We have been wishing for a long time to write you, but we haven't done it because first of all — I'm going to tell you the truth since you abhor falsehood — we are very lazy to write and secondly, which you...

Calamba Calamba, 30 May 1890 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL MY DEAR BROTHER, Please pardon me for not having answered your letter at once, for you know already the kind of life I lead. Since Marianito's death, misfortunes have pursued me incessantly. When I begin to feel that my mind...

Calamba Calamba, 30-5 [May] 1890 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL MY RESPECTED AND DEAR UNCLE: Although we have not received your reply to our letter, we write you again. For more than a year I went to Aunt Choleng's house to learn the alphabet; but since she got married, I stopped...

Calamba Calamba, 30 May '90 DEAREST BROTHER: For a long time I have been wishing to write you. I left the College two years, one month and a half ago. I have read your letter to our brother Paciano in which you asked how I'm getting along with Señora Pangoy. Thank God...

Brussels Rizal writes del Pilar, “I’m not sending you articles so that our other fellow countrymen might write and be known.” – Ramiro Franco is one of the few who have dared to express publicly his ideas about the Noli – Del Pilar’s writing style – A vigorous novel...

Leitmeritz, Bohemia, Austria 28 May 1890 Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt My Brother, Your letter has given me much pleasure because you have accepted my suggestion that you translate Kern’s article. As soon as I have more time – I believe in July – I will begin this work....

Two copies of the Rizal Edition of Morga — The friars persecute the Rizal family — Conflict with the Calamba Estate — Proposed solution of the problem — More lavish reception for the friar provincials than for the governor general — Another letter lost — Failure to...

Paris 26 May 1890 Juan Luna Mr. Jose Rizal Dear Rizal: According to a letter that I have just received from La Unión, my brother, who resides in that province, has not received Blumentritt’s pamphlet, Consideraciones del Estado de Filipinas and issues of La...