Leitmeritz, Bohemia, Austria 4 February 1890 Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt My Brother, I have just received your letter from Brussels so that you will receive this letter ahead of the one I sent you yesterday. Barrantes has published in La España Moderna a scathing...
Rizal without the Overcoat
3 February 1890
Leitmeritz, Bohemia, Austria 3 February 1890 Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt My Brother, I have just received the issue for January of the review La España Moderna in which Barrantes very stupidly engaged in a silly attack against you and me. We say in German: Wenn dem...
2 February 1890
Madrid Madrid, 2 February 1890 MR. JOSE RIZAL MY DEAR FRIEND, Having to leave for Manila within four days, it is impossible for me to take charge of your brother-in-law’s case, but I learned that at your request the minister has decreed that the governor general...
2 February 1890
Rue de Champagne, Brussels Jesuitical contrasts – Praise for the Noli by Fr. Sanchez – Book on ideal priests – For what? – To cloak wolves with the skin of sheep – To awaken my countrymen from their profound lethargy – Not by means of soft sounds but with blows and...
31 January 1890
Manila Directions for sending books to Manila – He is indignant at the deportation of Rizal’s brother-in-law Manuel T. Hidalgo – Obstructions to Becerra’s educational reforms – He sees plots to destabilize the Philippines as a way to accuse the reforms of evil –...
25 January 1890
Zaragoza Rizal is surrounded by enthusiastic reformists: Luna and Ventura – Acevedo’s brother finished with studies – His father chief of street cars – Acevedo is infantry lieutenant – In good standing in Zaragoza’s high society – There are no Filipinos in Zaragoza –...
24 January 1890
Leitmeritz, Austria 24 January 1890 Prof. Ferdinand Blumentritt My Brother, I have just received your letter of the 24th; it is wonderfully written. In truth, it is an article that ought to be published. Unfortunately your observations on the abuse of religion are to...
20 January 1890
Rue de Maubeuge, Paris To visit the libraries of Holland in search of books on the Philippines of the XVII century – La Precia Censura, Blumentritt’s article in La Solidaridad, praised by all – How a foreigner can love the Filipinos! – Both Filipinos and Spaniards...
12 January 1890
Madrid Madrid, 12 January 1890 MR. JOSE RIZAL MY DEAR FRIEND AND COMPATRIOT, As Mr. Modesto Reyes is indisposed suffering from a severe cold which has compelled him to stay in bed for many days, he has asked me, as a friend and comrade, for together we attend to the...
7 January 1890
London From: Jose Rizal To: Dr. A.B. Meyer Paper and book ordered by Dr. A. B. Meyer that cannot be found in Paris or London respectively – Rizal appreciates his friendly advice. * * * 37 Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill, N. W. London, 7 January 1890 DR. A. B. MEYER MY...