CHAPTER 8 NOLI ME

TANGERE PUBLISHED IN BERLIN (1887)

Dr. Maximo Viola loaned money for the publication of
Noli
Idea of writing a novel in the Phils
*Harriet Beecher Stowes; Uncle Toms Cabin inspired
Jose Rizal to create a novel
*Unanimously approved Rizals writing of the novel:
The Paternos (Pedro, Maximo, Antonio)
Graciano Lopez Jaena
Evaristo Aguire
Eduardo de Lete
Tulio Clorente
Melecio Figueroa
Valentin Ventura
*Wasted their time in gambling or flirting with Spanish
senoritas
The Writing of the Noli
Toward the end of 1824, Rizal began to write in Madrid
*Finished one-half, wrote last few chapters at
Wilhelmsfeld in 1886
Fernando Canon good friend & classmate
Elias and Salome deleted chapter to save printing
expenses
Feb. 21, 1887 Noli was finished and ready for printing
Berliner Buchdruckrei Action Gesselschaft printing
shop
*300 pesos, 2000 copies
Rizal suspected as French spy
Chief police suspected Rizal, asked for his passport,
within four days if Rizal did not show his passport he
would be deported
Rizal no passport
The Count of Benomar Spanish Ambassador which
they seeked for help
*no power to issue
*promised to issue
First copies given to:
Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor
G. Lopez Jaena
Mariano Ponce
Felix R. Hidalgo
Title of the Novel
Touch-me-not Noli Me Tangere in Latin
*Taken from the Bible
Rizal St. Luke
Correct St. John 20: 13-17
The Authors Dedication
To my fatherland
Donya Victorina mapaglagay ng colorete, asawa ni
Tibursyo
Sisa nabaliw sa pagkawala ng kanyang mga anak
Padre Salvi may pagnanasa kay Maria Clara
Tasyo taga San Diego, akala baliw pero matalino,
Paciano

Basilyo sacristan
Ibara nag aral sa Europa
Damaso pransiskano
Maria Clara kasintahan ni Ibarra
Tibursyo nag panggap na Spanish doctor
Tia Alba ina ni Maria Clara, hinalay ni Damaso
Elis alter ego of Rizal
Consolacion
CHAPTER 9 RIZALS GRAND TOUR OF EUROPE WITH
VIOLA
P 1,000 received from Paciano
P 300 paid the money that was loaned by Maximo
Potsdam one of the old cities, city near Berlin, which
Frederick the great made famous
The Tour Begins
Dresden destination, one of the best cities in Germany
Dr. Adolf B. Meyer first person they visited
Museum of Art where they saw and was deeply impressed
by the painting Prometheus Bound
Regional Floral Exploration visited by Viola and Rizal
Dr. Jagor they met him in the Floral Exposition, advised
them to wire Blumentritt if they were to visit him
Leitmeritz (now Litomerice, Czechoslovakia)
Teschen (now Decin, Czechoslovakia) was their next stop
over after leaving Dresden
First Meeting with Blumentritt
Railroad Station of Leitmeritz, Bohemia where Blumentritt
met them
Hotel Krebs where Rizal and Viola stayed
Beautiful Memories of Leitmeritz
Rosa wife of Blumentritt
*Children of Rosa and Blumentritt:
Dolores, Conrad, Fritz
Beer Garden best beer of Bohemia, where Blumentritt
invited them
Burgomaster town Mayor
11 Months months that took Rizal to learn German
Tourists Club of Leitmeritz which Blumentritt was
secretary
*Painted a portrait of the Professor
Carlos Czepelak renowned scientist that Rizal met in
Leitmeritz
Prof. Robert Klutschak eminent naturalist
*Viola and Rizal tendered a banquet to reciprocate
Blumentritts hospitality
Prague
Dr. Will Komm a professor of natural history in the
University of Prague, tourist guide of Viola and Rizal
Visited tomb of Capernicus the famous astronomer,
bacteriological laboratories, famous cave where San Juan
Nepomuceno, the catholic saint was imprisoned and the
bridge from which this saint was hurled into the river.
*Nothing of importance happened in this city accdg. to
Viola

Vienna
Vienna queen of the Danube
Norfenfals one the greatest novelists in Europe during that
time
*He received his lost diamond stickpin
Hotel Metropole where they stayed
Danubian Voyage to Lintz
*Left Vienna to see the Danube River
*Viola, commented that paper napkins were more hygienic
and economical than cloth napkins
From Lintz to Rheinfall
*Traveled overland to Salzburg
From Munich, they went to Nuremburg (one of the oldest
cities in Germany, they saw horrible torture machines by
the Inquisition, impressed by the manufacture of dolls
After Munich, they visited Ulm
The Cathedral of this city was the largest and tallest in all
Germany. From Ulm, they went to Stuttgart, Baden, and
Rheinfall
Crossing the frontier to Switzerland
They continued their tour to Basel (Bale), Bern, and
Lausanne.
Geneva
People of Geneva were linguists Rizal treated Viola on his
26th birthday, June 19, 1887
Rizal resents Exhibition of Igorets in 1887 Madrid
Exposition
Exposition of the Philippines was held in Madrid, Spain
Rizal in Italy
From Geneva, Rizal went to Italy, he visited Turin, Milan,
Venice, Florence
*Reached Rome The Eternal City also called The City of
the Caesars
June 29 feast day of St. Peter & St. Paul, Rizal visited the
Vatican, the City of the Popes and the capital of
Christendom
*Impressed by St. Peters square
*St. Peters Church, the rare work of arts, the colorful papal
guards