Paris Mr. Jose Rizal y Mercado London Dear Friend Pepe, Many thanks for the 20 pounds which I received this morning. I have taken advantage of your offer by sending you a telegram, because precisely I did not receive funds by the mail that arrived here on Thursday,...
Rizal without the Overcoat
9 July 1888
London Rizal refutes the falsehoods of Senator Vida uttered in the Senate — The friars spread false reports — Senator Vida has lied like a phonograph — The Noli is not anti-Catholic or socialistic or Proudhonian — “We are filibusteros when we raise our voice” — “He...
5 July 1888
Paris 5 July 1888 Dear Rizal, Ventura has already cashed the money order, according to what he told me yesterday, so then I am sending you the enclosed second order. I shall do with your books what you tell me in your post card. I have not received them until this...
5 July 1888
Leitmeritz 5 July 1888 To Dr. José Rizal 37 Chalcot Crescent, Primrose Hill, N.W. London My dear Friend, I have been feeling very bad these days. On Tuesday I had such a cerebral congestion that I thought my last hour had come. Now I am fairly well. I have written to...
4 July 1888
Barcelona The Philippines in a crisis – A communication of Acting Governor General Molto concerning the prestige of the religious orders – Fr. Salvador Font’s censure of Noli – Grand reception of Rizal’s books in Germany, according to Blumentritt who is translating it...
1 July 1888
Leitmeritz Leitmertiz, Austria, 1 July 1888 To Dr. José Rizal 37 Chalcot Crescent Primrose Hill, N.W. London My dear Friend: I am calling you attention to the following works: 1. L. Geiger, Contributions to the History of the Development of the Human Races, 1880. 2....
28 June 1888
Leitmeritz 28 June 1888 To Dr. José Rizal 37 Chalcot Crescent Primrose Hill, N.W. London My dear friend: By this mail, I’m returning to you with thanks the issue of Correo de España. May I keep the brochure for some time? What kind of publication is Correo de España?...
27 June 1888
London No one would take the slightest step to enable Rizal’s works to enter Madrid – Send to Manila copies of Noli, even if they are not paid for – Some German doctors felicitate him – Literature is a secondary matter; the principal thing is to think and feel rightly...
26 June 1888
Madrid Rizal’s impressions are not surprising after his visit to his country – Only time and the efforts of those called to regenerate her can overthrow the secular power, transforming little by little her way of life – First the ideological ground should be won for...
23 June 1888
London Paciano Rizal is Philosopher Tasio — The only man, according to the lieutenant of the civil guard — General Salamanca asks for the punishment of Filipino reformists — The Spanish Senate is indifferent — “We pay taxes, we shed our blood for Spain, and when we...