Introductory

Dr. W. W. Marquardt suggested this book.

Miss Josephine Craig advised and assisted in the selections.

Hon. C. E. Yeater read and criticised the original manuscript.

Miss M. W. Sproull revised the translations.

Dean Francisco Benitez acted as pedagogical adviser.

Miss Gertrude McVenn simplified the language for primary school use.

Mr. John C. Howe adapted and arranged the music.

Mr. Frederic H. Stevens planned the make-up and, in spite of wartime difficulties, provided the materials needed.

Mr. Chas. A. Kvist supervised the production.

Assistant Insular Architect Juan Arellano, a colleague of the editor on the Dapitan Rizal national park committee, designed the sampaguita decorations.

Mr. A. Garcia achieved creditable illustrations out of poorly preserved photographs whose historical accuracy has not been impaired by the slightest embellishment.

And the entire establishment of Messrs. E.C. McCullough & Company—printers, pressmen and bookbinders—labored zealously and enthusiastically to do credit to the imprint: “Made in Manila—The Work of Filipinos”.

The Memory of Rizal is kept alive in many ways:

1. A province near Manila bears his name.

2. The anniversary of his death is a public holiday.

3. A memorial school has been built by the Insular Government in his native town.

4. His home in exile has been made a national park.

5. The first destroyer of the future Philippine navy is named “Rizal”.

6. Rizal’s portrait appears on the two-peso bill.

7. Rizal’s portrait appears on the two-centavo postage stamp.

Contents

Handwritten quote: It is commonly said that the life of a

good writer is best read in his works.

—Autographic quotation from Rizal.

Page

Rizal’s Song “Hymn to Labor” 2Rizal’s Song “Maria Clara’s Lullaby” 3My Boyhood 13My First Reading Lesson 49My Childhood Impressions 59The Spanish Schools of My Boyhood 61The Turkey that Caused the Kalamba Land Trouble 65From Japan to England Across America 69My Deportation to Dapitan 73Advice to a Nephew 81Filipino Proverbs 83Filipino Puzzles 84Rizal’s “Don’ts” 85Poem: Hymn to Labor 87Memory Gems from Rizal’s Writings 91Mariang Makiling 93

Not by Rizal

The Memory of Rizal 8Rizal Chronology 101A Reading List 119Philippine National Hymn (by José Palma) 126Song: Hail, Philippines (by H. C. Theobald) 128

Rizal’s Own Story

My Boyhood

José Rizal wrote the first three chapters in 1878. He was seventeen years old at that time.

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