book and laboriously reading the old historiesbook and laboriously reading the old histories of the Philippines, such as those written by Fr.Chirino,Fr. Colin,Fr.Argensola, Fr. Plasencia, etc. in his considered opinion, the best.
In a letter to Blumentritt,dated September 17,1888 Rizal said: “Morga’s work is an excellent book; it can be said that Morga is a modern scholarly explorer. He does not have the superficiality and exaggeration which are found among Spaniards today: he writes very simply, but one has to read between the lines……”Rizal in London
• Rizal lived in London from May 1888-March 1889
• He chose this English city to be his new home for 3 reasons:
1. to improve his knowledge about English language
2. to study and annotate Morga’s Sucesos in the British museum
3. London is a safe place for him to carry on his fight against Spanish tyranny.
• In London, he engage on Filipiniana studies
• Completed annotating Morgas’s book
• Wrote many articles for La Solidaridad
• Penned a famous letter to the young women of Malolos
• Carried out voluminous correspondence with Blumentritt and relatives
• Had a romance with Gertrude Beckett
Trip Across the Atlantic
• The trans-Atlantic voyage of Rizal from New York to Liverpool was a pleasant one
• He won many friends of different nationalities
• He entertained them with his marvelous skill with the yoyo as an offensive weapon.
• Rizal discussed with them ...