Albay She asks Rizal to work for her husband's transfer to Calamba to be near her parents. * * * Albay, 12 June 1885 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL DEAR BROTHER, Though you don't write me, I write you. I know you feel hurt, because I don't write you and don't remember you. Don't...

Calamba Calamba, 16 July 1885 DEAR BROTHER-IN-LAW, You are very resentful because I or we have not written you for a long time and you have reason to complain, inasmuch as we are a closely knit family and for our inner satisfaction we ought to be fully informed by our...

Albay Albay, 25 April 1885 MR. JOSÉ RIZAL ESTEEMED JOSÉ, I inform you that on 23 March we left Calamba for Manila and on the 25th we left Manila for this capital of Albay, my new post. Olimpia and the younger boy, Cesareo, came with me and we arrived here safely. We...

Binondo 91 Malinta, Binondo, 18 April 1885 MR. JOSE RIZAL Y MERCADO MY DISTINGUISHED NAMESAKE, OLD COMRADE, AND ESTEEMED FRIEND, I received your cheery letter of 26 February last on the 5th instant by the ship that brought our governor general Mr. Terrero. In it you...

Manila Rivalry over Rizal continues — President of the Section of Literature and Languages at Universidad Central de Madrid — News about girls — Rizal's graduation — Gracio Gonzaga admires Rizal's homage to Luna and Hidalgo published in Los Dos Mundos — Regrets that...

Calamba 1 January 1885 DEAR BROTHER, We received your letter dated 16 November in which you tell us, among other things, that you are planning to return for the sake of the family. As this is somewhat a delicate matter, it is necessary to think it over before deciding...

Manila 17 December 1884 MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS, Although the most important thing that I have to tell you, which is my return to those Islands was already mentioned in my previous two letters, nevertheless I write you this third one, fearful that on account of...

Manila Manila, 1l December 1884 MY DEAR SON, María[1] and I are at the house of our beloved and she is the one looking if my pen writes, on account of the weakness of my eyes. Your Uncle Antonio read to me your two letters to him and I understood that you were...

Madrid Reiterates his desire to return home soon — He does not need a doctorate, inasmuch as he has no hope of getting a professorship — Would like to study some trades and visit famous clinics in ophthalmology — Huge demonstration of liberal students — The police...

Pizarro, Madrid 16 November 1884 MY DEAR PARENTS AND BROTHERS, Enclosed with Uncle Antonio's letter of 1st October I received the sum of 50 pesos corresponding to my allowance in September, if I'm not mistaken in my calculations. I matriculated in eight subjects and I...