Letters of a Javanese princess
LETTERS OF A JAVANESE PRINCESS
By RADEN ADJENG KARTINI
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL DUTCH
By AGNES LOUISE SYMMERS
WITH A FOREWORD BY
LOUIS COUPERUS
LONDON: DUCKWORTH & CO.
3 HENRIETTA ST., COVENT GARDEN
First published in 1921
"When you sail from Chambra fifteen thousand miles on a course between
south and southeast, you come to a great island called Java. And experienced
mariners of those Islands who know the matter well say that it is the greatest
Island in the world and has a compass of three thousand miles. It is subject to
a great King and tributary to no one else in the world. The people are
idolaters. The Island is of surpassing wealth, producing black pepper,
nutmegs, spikenard, galingale, cubebs, cloves and all other kinds of spices.
"This Island is also frequented by a vast amount of shipping, and by
merchants who buy and sell costly goods from which they reap great profit.
Indeed, the treasure of this Island is so great as to be past telling."
MARCO POLO.
NOTE
The letters of Raden Adjeng Kartini were first published at the Hague in 1911
under the title, "Door Duisternis tot Licht," (from Darkness into Light). They
were collected and edited by Dr. J. H. Abendanon, former Minister of
Education and Industry for Netherland-India. Many of the letters were
written to him and to his wife "Moedertje." Dr. Abendanon has given me
permission to publish this English version, which is a selection comprising
about two-thirds of the original book.
I also wish to acknowledge my debt to Dr. Leonard Van Noppen, who, when
Queen Wilhelmina Professor of Dutch Literature at Columbia University, first
called my attention to the book and told me something of Kartini's story.
A. L. S.
Chapters (not individually listed)
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7 [no chapter marked]
Chapter 8
Chapter 9 [no chapter marked]
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original
content.
This work was published before January 1, 1925, and is in the public
Original:
domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was
published before January 1, 1925.
Translation: The author died in 1965, so this work is also in the public domain in
countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 50
years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries
and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the
shorter term to foreign works.
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