Rizal Bound for England

16 May 1888
Rizal departed from New York City on board the City of Rome, bound for Liverpool.
16-24 May 1888
It took him nine days to travel aboard the City of Rome from New York to Queenstown, where he arrived at 2:00 A.
M. Late in the afternoon of May 24th , he arrived at Liverpool, England, and boarded at the Adelphi Hotel.
25 May 1888
He left Liverpool for London, England.

Rizal in London
2 June 1888
Dr. Reinhold Rost and family tendered in their house a tea party in Rizals honor. Rizal saw in the
Rosts house a good Filipiniana library. (Dr. Reinhold Rost, a book lover, librarian of the Minister of
Foreign Relations of England and famous Malayalogist, had especial predilections for Rizal whom he
used to call Hombre perla).
23 June 1888
He thought of publishing the second edition of the Noli Me Tangere with the illustrations of Juan Luna
and with slight changes. He wanted to correct the typographical errors and the erroneous citation of
Shakespeare which should be that of Schiller.
27 June 1888
In a letter, he requested Mariano Ponce to send more Copies of the Noli Me Tangere to the Philippines.
He told Ponce that the question of writing with more or less literature is just secondary; what is
essential is to think and to feel rightly, to work for an object and the pen will take charge of
transmitting the ideas.
9 July 1888
Rizal asked Pof. Blumentritt for advice whether or not to answer Senator vida who denounced him
(Rizal) in the Senate in Madrid as an intimate friendof Prince Bismarch, and his novel as anti-Catholic,
preaching protestant and socialist.
12 July 1888
The Hispano-Filipino association was reorganized by the Filipinos in Madrid and by theSpaniards
sympathizing the cause of the filipinos, headed by Sr. Morayta.
26 July 1888
It was decided to write in the press and artile which would teach Senator Vida courtesy and honesty.
Earlier, he had written a letter to the Senator in Madrid whose answer he was waiting for.
27 July 1888
Rizal wrote a letter to Mariano Ponce (Naning) telling the latter of his experience in his travel Manila
via Hongkong, Japan and North America, and the people he met in Hongkong, who he said, are
enthusiastic about the Noli and are studious and patriots.
16 August 1888
Rizal was admitted to the reading room of the British Museum of London.
August 1888
He was busy with the Morga. He thought of copying the whole book and annotating it for publication
as his gift to the Filipinos. Dr. Antonio Regidor, one of the exiles of the 1872 event, promised to be his
capitalist. Along with the Morga he wanted also to publish Blumentritts "Tribes of Mindanao"
including some new documents which he found in the British Museum.
18 August 1888
With the intention of writing the continuation of his first novel, Rizal asked Mariano Ponce in a letter
to send him two or more copies of the Noli. Rizal planned t hav a picture taken : one copy to be sent to
Ponce and the other to be included in the publication of the second novel.

Rizal Back in London

24 December 1888
Rizal arrived at London from his twelve days visit to Spain.
24 December 1888
In a letter, he reminded Prof. Blumentritt of the two busts he sent the latter before leaving for Madrid. The
Augustus, which took him 10 days modeling, was given as a Christmas gift to Prof. Blumentritt and the Julius, to Dr.
Carlos Czepelack. (Jesus Christ was born during the time of Octavio Cesar called Augosto by the Roman Emperors,
hence, as his affection for Prof. Blumentritt, Rizal gave him the Augustus).
28 December 1888
In a letter, he requested Fernando Canon to be the interpreter of his (Rizals) sentiments on the December 31st
gathering among the Filipino in Madrid.
- In a letter, Rizal requested Ponce to publish the manuscript of the "La Vision de Fr. Rodriguez", about 3,000 to
4,000 copies, and for its expenses, to utilize the money earned for selling copies of the Noli.
31 December 1888
Rizal sent a letter to be read before the reunited Filipinos in Madrid, animating them to do something worthy for the
country. He reaffirmed his loyalty to the association and his desire to think and feel with the members, to dream, to
want, and to plan something good for the country.
January 1889
in a letter, Rizal told Jose Ma. Basa in Hongkong not to send the rest of the copies of the Noli to the Philippines to
prevent them from being burned or destroyed by the timid Filipinos. "If the present generation does not like to read
my book because of fear. I will keep it for the next generation to come," said Rizal.
6 January 1889
in a letter, he requested Mariano Ponce to change the word sabio to como libre pensador in his (Rizals) article "La
Vision de Fr. Rodriguez" which was sent to Barcelona for publication.
14 January 1889
He sent to Prof. Blumentritt a copy of his plan of forming an International Association of Filipinologists, asking the
latter for his opinion about this plan. He thought of holding a conference among the members during the Paris
exposition in August, 1889.
4 February 1889
Rizal rejoiced because of the coming out on the 15th of the month of the publication La Solidaridad in Barcelona.
This was communicated to Marcelo H. del Pilar. He urged that one of the Filipinos staying in Barcelona should study
the Italian language to be able to read and study the manuscript written in Italian and which treated about the
Philippine situation in 1520. The manuscripts, according to Rizal, were written by one of the companions of
Magellan.
6 February 1889
In a letter, he requested Prof. Blumentritt to talk with Dr. A. B. Meyer concerning the Association of Filipinologists.
The latter was elected member of the organization.
14 February 1889
In a letter, he requested Dr. A. B. Meyer to nominate one Dutch member to the International Association of
Filipinologists.
22 February 1889
he wrote the famous letter to the women of Malolos, as per request by Marcelo H. del Pilar.
27 February 1889
in a letter, he informed Dr. A. B. Meyer that Dr. Niuman from Holland, did not accept the position of adviser-member
of the Association due to the latters many occupations.
5 March 1889

In a letter, Rizal congratulated Graciano Lopez-Jaena for the excellent speech, which the latter delivered.
15 march 1889
Rizals article "El Solfeo de La Defensa" was published in the La Solidaridad.
-His "Los agriculores Filipinos" was published in the La Solidaridad.

Rizal Back in London

6 January 1890
Rizal arrived at London from Paris. He went on searching for the paper and book, which Dr. Meyer
requested him to buy in London.
15 January 1890
His article "Ingratitudes" was published in the La Solidaridad.