Rizal's own story of his life

--The Whole Truth. (La Verdad para Todos.) A defense of the Filipinos. --By Telephone (Por Teléfono). A satire. --The Philippines A Century Hence (Filipinas Dentro de Cien Años). A forecast of the future. --The Indolence of the Filipino (La Indolencia de los Filipinos). An answer to criticism. --My Last Thought and other Poems. Translations by Charles Derbyshire and A. P. Fergusson. --Mariang Makiling. A folk tale. (These titles are in the Noli Me Tangere Quarter-Centennial Series, edited by Austin Craig. Translations are by Charles Derbyshire.) Manila, 1912. --An Eagle Flight: A Filipino Novel. Adapted from Noli Me Tangere, with a short sketch of Rizal's life. Anonymous translator. New York, 1900. --Friars and Filipinos. An abridged translation of Noli Me Tangere by F.E. Gannett. New York, 1900. --The Social Cancer. Charles Derbyshire's translation of Noli Me Tangere. Manila and New York, 1912. --The Reign of Greed. Charles Derbyshire's translation of El Filibusterismo. Manila and New York, 1912. BLUMENTRITT, F.--Life of José Rizal. Translated from the German by H.W. Bray. Singapore, 1898. --Views of Doctor Rizal, the Filipino Scholar, upon Race Differences. Translated from the German by R.L. Packard. Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 61 (July, 1902), pages 222-229. HALSTEAD, MURAT.--The Story of the Philippines. Pages 190-201 give a translation of Rizal's "The Vision of Friar Rodriguez" (La Visión de Fray Rodriguez) by F.M. de Rivas. Chicago, 1898. CLIFFORD, Sir HUGH.--The Story of José Rizal, the Filipino. In Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 172 (Nov., 1902), pages 620-638. CRAIG, AUSTIN.--Readings from Rizal. A series of selections from Rizal's novels, in volume 1 of "The Philippine Teacher." Manila, 1905. --The Rizal Story in Pictures. A series of twenty-one post cards with authentic illustrations and explanations. Manila, 1908. --The Story of José Rizal, the Greatest Man of the Brown Race. Manila, 1909. --Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal. Manila and Yonkers-on-Hudson, 1912. --Particulars of the Philippines' Pre-Spanish Past. Dr. Rizal's "Ibn Batutu's Tawalisi the Northern Part of the Philippines" appears on pages 20-22. Manila, 1916. CRAIG-FEE.--Rizal, the Martyr-Hero of the Philippines. An imaginative account, expanding the known facts, for youthful readers. In "Philippine Education." Manila, 1913. BLAIR-ROBERTSON.--The Philippine Islands 1493-1898. Rizal's annotations to Morga's 1609 History of the Philippines appear among the notes in Vols. XV and XVI. Cleveland, Ohio, 1904. Brief sketches of Rizal's life and work may be found in every encyclopedia published since 1898, the modern histories of the Philippines have extended references to him and the numerous recent works on the Philippines all attempt estimates of his influence upon his countrymen. DIPLOMA OF MERIT WON BY JOSÉ RIZAL In a literary competition in honor of Spain's greatest writer, Cervantes, held in Manila in 1880, the Liceo Artistico-Literario offered a gold ring as first prize and the Economic Society of the Friends of the Country gave the winner a diploma of merit. Rizal's allegory, "The Council of the Gods" was preferred by the judges, all Spaniards. But when the envelopes containing the contestants' names were opened, there was objection to giving first prize to a Filipino when prominent Spaniards had taken part in the contest. Rizal says that he was hissed off the stage when he appeared in answer to the reading of his name. Manila newspapers of that period dared not speak of the incident openly but there were several veiled allusions to it. One writer sarcastically said that medical students should be forbidden to write poetry. THE COUNCIL OF THE GODS "We gods and goddesses, met on Mount Olympus, find that the greatest three authors in the world's history are of equal merit. So in justice equal respect must be paid them. To Homer we award fame's trumpet, to Vergil the lyre of glory, and to Cervantes the laurel wreath of immortal honor." TO THE PHILIPPINE YOUTH "Hold high the brow serene, O youth, where now you stand; Let the bright sheen, Of your grace be seen, Fair hope of my Fatherland!" First verse of the winning poem, won by Rizal at the age of 17 in a public competition open to "Indians and Mestizos". By these two names, the Spaniard called, and divided, the Filipinos. MY LAST THOUGHT "Farewell, beloved Fatherland, thou sunny clime of ours, Pearl of the Orient Ocean, our lost Paradise! For thee my life I give, nor mourn its saddened hours; And were't more bright, strewn less with thorns and more with flowers, For thee I still would give it, a welcome sacrifice." RIZAL'S "HYMN TO LABOR" Words by José Rizal (Arranged from Chas. Derbyshire's translation; lines in different order.) Tune of "The Wearing of the Green" RIZAL'S "MARIA CLARA'S LULLABY" Words by José Rizal (Chas. Derbyshire's translation) Music by Juan Hernandez PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HYMN Written in Spanish by José Palma Music by I. Felipe (The versifier of the English translation prefers not to have his name appear.) HAIL, PHILIPPINES! Words by L. H. Theobald Music arranged from the Toreador's song in the opera "CARMEN"