Madrid Madrid, 15 May 1887 Mr. Jose Rizal 71-III Jagerstrasse, Berlin Dear Che,[1] You are too much! You are curious! I thought you were already with our people in Manila… Is it not? I bade you farewell the other day; now you are still there!... Good! I received...
Rizal without the Overcoat
10 May 1887
Berlin 71 Jaegerstrasse, Berlin, 10 May 1887 DEAR PASTOR ULLMER: I hope you have already received my book which I sent you a month ago. I take the liberty of sending you now my picture and I beg you to send me yours. I am ready to go home. Tomorrow I am leaving to go...
27 April 1887
Berlin Berlin, April 27, 1887 Jager Strasse 71, Berlin My dear Brother: I received your letter and the 1,000 pesos or 4,000 marks. From now on do not send me a cent more. Wait for my return which will take place this year. As to the Doctorate, since it is necessary...
3 April 1887
Europe Regidor[1] comments on the Noli – Who does not know “Fr. Damaso”? – Comments on “Capitan Tiago, Old Tasio, Fr. Salvi, the ‘good chap’ Don Primitivo, the ‘learned’ Fr. Sibyla and Maria Clara” – Critic of the first order – What the Filipinos lack are union,...
1 April 1887
Madrid He regrets Lopez Jaena’s hurry in informing Rizal of dissension among the Filipinos – Lopez Jaena resents he was not chosen editor of the publication España en Filipinas – He is glad Rizal is pleased with the review. * * * Madrid, 1 April 1887 My dear Friend, I...
31 March 1887
Manila Sta. Cruz, Manila, 31 March 1887 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL MY DEAR BROTHER, This is my second letter to you and I have not received a single letter from you. Vestre [Silvestre] likewise has written you three times, the last one being addressed to Berlin containing a draft...
27 March 1887
Leitmeritz 27 March 1887 Mr. José Rizal 71-III Jaegerstrasse, Berlin Esteemed Friend, A thousand thanks for your magnificent book[1] about which I shall speak more lengthily later, because now I’m dispirited, my wife and children Fritz and Dolores being sick with...
27 March 1887
Leitmeritz He congratulates him on his novel -- The word filibustero -- A prophecy of Blumentritt about Rizal -- About the word Bathalà. * * * Leitmeritz, 27 March 1887 Esteemed Friend, Now that my wife and children are well or on the road to convalescence, I can...
27 March 1887
Calamba Calamba, Laguna, 27 March 1887 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL Don't resent that our letters are far apart. Now you are going to get such happy news that I hardly have enough words to say it. On the 23rd of this month Lucía gave birth to a very handsome boy, robust and...
27 March 1887
Calamba Optimism and hope — Better concept of myself — Blumentritt’s opinion on the merits of the Noli — Encouragement from Reiss and Hidalgo — “Pages full of truth and love of country.” — Riedel’s Tagalog — Meaning of filibustero, pirata, and sospechoso —...