RIZAL IN LONDON

(1888-1889)
STAY IN LONDON Lived in London May 1888 to Mar. 1889 3 reasons why he stayed there: 1) To improve the his knowledge of the English Language 2) To study and annotate Morgas Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas 3) London was a safe place for him to carry on his fight against Spanish Tyranny Filipiniana studies Completing annotating Morgas books Wrote many articles in La Solidaridad Penned Young Women of Malolos Had romance with Gertrude Beckett TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Made friends in his atlantic voyage Amazed some American and European passengers Had a chat with newspaper men but became disappointed Arrived on Liverpool May 24, 1888 Liverpool is a big and beautiful city and its celebrated port is worthy of its great fame. The entrance is magnificent and the custom house is quite good.

LIFE IN LONDON Went to London May 25, 1888 Stayed as a guest at Dr. Regidors home Became a boarder at the Becketts by the end of May Was called Pearl of Man by Dr. Reinhold Rost Played Cricket and Boxing with Dr. Rosts sons.

GOOD AND BAD NEWS FROM HOME Bad News Persecution of the Filipino patriots who signed the Anti-friar Petition of 1888 Persecution of Calamba tenants Furious attacks on Rizal by Senator Salamanca and Vida in the Spanish Cortes and by Desengaos (Wenseslao E. Retana) and Quioquiap (Pablo Feced) in spanish newspapers Rizals brother-in-law, Manuel Hidalgo was exiled in Bohol Laureano Viado, his friend was arrested and jailed because copies of Noli were found in his house Good News Rev. Vicente Garcias defended Noli against the attacks of the friars.

ANNOTATING MORGAS BOOKS Spent many days in the reading room of the British Museum reading Morgas books and old stories of the Philippines Wrote a letter to Blumentritt on Sept. 17, 1888 Mariano Ponce urged him to edit a newspaper but refused

SHORT VISIT TO PARIS AND SPAIN September 1888 he visited Paris for a week Entertained in a gay French Metropolis by Juan Luna and his wife He returned to London Dec. 11, 1888 he went to Spain Met Marcelo H. del Pilar and Mariano Ponce

CHRISTMAS IN LONDON Rizal returned to London on Dec. 24, 1888 and spent his Christmas and new year s day with the Becketts. He sent a gift to Blumentritt and Dr. Carlos Czepelak

RIZAL BECOMES LEADER OF FILIPINOS IN EUROPE Chosen to be honorary president Wrote a letter of thanks adressed to the members of Asociacion La Solidaridad on Jan. 28, 1889 Letter content When defeated never surrender Great deal of integrity and much good will

RIZAL AND THE LA SOLIDARIDAD PAPER Graciano Lopez founded La Solidaridad on Feb.15,1889 at Barcelona Marcelo H. del Pilar about their newspaper Rizal congratulated Lopez Jaena and the associates and wrote articles

FIRST ARTICLE IN LA SOLIDARIDAD Los Agricultores Filipinos (The Filipino Farmers) Published Mar. 25, 1889 Depicted the deplorable conditions in the Philippines which cause the backwardness of the country.

WRITINGS IN LONDON La Vision del Fray Rodriguez (The vision of Fray Rodriguez) Published at Barcelona Letter to the Young Women of Malolos M.H. del Pilar Praise the young ladies of Malolos for their courage to establish a school where they could learn spanish despite the opposition of Fr. Felipe Garcia, Spanish parish priest of Malolos.
1. A Filipino mother should teach her children love of God, fatherland, and mankind 2. Filipino mother should be glad, like the Spartan mother 3. Filipino woman should know how to preserve her dignity and honor 4. Filipino woman should educate herself, aside from retaining her good racial virtues; 5. Faith is not merely reciting long prayers and wearing religious pictures, but rather it is living the real Christian way, with good morals and good manners.

Specimens of Tagalog Folklore Two Eastern Fables Requested by: Dr. Rost

ROMANCE WITH GERTRUDE BECKETT Gertrude Beckett Buxom English girl with brown hair, blue eyes, and rosy cheeks Eldest of the three sisters Fell in love with Rizal helped him in his painting and sculpture Gettie Rizal finished 4 sculptures Promotheus Bound The Triumph of Death over Life The Triumph of Science over Death Composite carving of the heads of the Beckett sisters

ADIOS LONDON March 19, 1889

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BRITISH MUSEUM