[26?] Heidelberg (?) February 1886 MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS, I hope that you have received my previous letter and you are enjoying good health, which is ever my constant desire. For some 13 days now I've been attending the clinic for eye diseases (Augen Klinik) in...
Rizal without the Overcoat
January 1886
Paris Christmas in Paris — A pair of Grecian vases painted by Rizal — Good behavior of French children — The mansion of Dr. Wecker — Rizal is going to Germany where there are very good professors — Already writes all French as he does Spanish —He already can perform...
October 1885
Madrid I sent to Barcelona the letter to Candido as soon as I received it. All the suyas[1] — Acevedo, Tiangco, Graciano, and others — send you regards. An embrace from, CEFERINO DE LEON Y SANTIAGO Lete[2] is very well and Fernandez is very sick. I sent to Valentin...
October 1885
Madrid Rizal plans to go to Germany where the cost of living is lower than in England — Valentin Ventura sends him money— The German language would be useful — German colonial expansion — “…all Filipinos only want either to be Spaniards or be independent.” — “Our duty...
August 1883
Rue de Rennes, Paris 2 August 1883 MY DEAR PARENTS, The last time I wrote you I had to cut off abruptly my letter because I lacked time to finish it to my liking. Since then nothing new has happened to me, so that I'll say in this nothing more than I wished to write...
July 1883
Paris, 124 Rue de Rennes, Quartier Latin 5 July 1883 MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS, In my previous letter of the 21st or 22nd June I gave you some slight information about the various buildings and monuments that I have seen in this great city. As a mail boat is...
July 1883
[?] Paris boy, energetic and inspired, unlike those we have over there who are effeminate and phlegmatic; One Eve, the Sibyl of Cumae, Abel, etc. Among the paintings, the most notable is the Roman orgy, in the period of decadence, in the present of the statues of the...
October 1882
Barcelona Barcelona, October 1882 Mr. José Rizal y Mercado My Dear Compatriot and good Friend, I received your letter of the 8 instant in which you relate to me your painful trip, which I regret very much. I’m glad however that no personal mishap befell you. I...
Rizal writes to a Kalamba friend about the girls of Kalamba – His impression of Spanish women.
01-062 [Family] 1882.12.30 ...
Asks his sisters to write him often — Will wear Filipino costume at the carnival —Regrets not having brought with him his nito salacot.
01-061 [Family] 1882.12.30 Madrid...