WRITINGS IN LONDON

· While busy in research studies at the British Museum, Rizal received news on Fray Rodriguez’ unabated attack on his Noli
· La Vision del Fray Rodriguez (The Vision of Fray Rodriguez)-pamphlet wrote by Rizal which
published in Barcelona under his nom-de-plume Dimas Alang in order to defense his novel
-In La Vision del Fray Rodriguez, Rizal demonstrated two things: (1) his profound knowledge of religion (2) his biting satire
· Letter to the Young Women of Malolos- a famous letter wrote by Rizal on February 22, 1889 in
Tagalog
-this letter is to 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, a Spanish parish priest of Malolos
· The main points of this letter were: (1) a Filipino mother should teach her children love of God, fatherland, and mankind (2) the Filipino mother should be glad, like the Spartan mother, to offer her sons in the defense of the fatherland (3) a Filipino woman should know how to preserve her dignity and honor (4) a 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
· Dr Reinhold Rost, editor of Trubner’s Record, a journal devoted to Asian studies, request Rizal to
contribute some articles. In response to his request, the latter prepared two articles—(1) Specimens of
Tagal Folklore, which published in the journal in May, 1889 (2) Two Eastern Fables, published in June,
1889
· March 19, 1889- Rizal bade goodbye to the kind Beckett Family and left London for Paris