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Title: Cuba, Old and New

Author: Albert Gardner Robinson

Release Date: March 5, 2004 [EBook #11464]

Language: English

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[Illustration: TOWER OF LA FUERZA

_Havana_]

CUBA

OLD AND NEW

BY

ALBERT G. ROBINSON

1915.





CONTENTS


CHAPTER

I. OLD CUBA

II. NEW CUBA

III. THE COUNTRY

IV. THE OLD HAVANA

V. THE NEW HAVANA

VI. AROUND THE ISLAND

VII. AROUND THE ISLAND (_Continued_)

VIII. THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA

IX. CUBA'S REVOLUTIONS

X. INDEPENDENCE

XI. FILIBUSTERING

XII. THE STORY OF SUGAR

XIII. VARIOUS PRODUCTS AND INDUSTRIES

XIV. POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, AND COMMERCE



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


Tower of La Fuerza, Havana
The Morro, Havana
A Planter's Home, Havana Province
Iron Grille Gateway, El Vedado, suburb of Havana
Watering Herd of Cattle, Luyano River, near Havaria
Royal Palms
Custom House, Havana
Balconies, Old Havana
Street in Havana
Street and Church of the Angels, Havana
A Residence in El Vedado
The Volante (now quite rare)
A Village Street, Calvario, Havana Province
Street and Church, Camaguey
Cobre, Oriente Province
Hoisting the Cuban Flag over the Palace, May 20,1902
A Spanish Block House
Along the Harbor Wall, Havana
Country Road, Havana Province
Street in Camaguey
Palm-Thatched Roofs
A Peasant's Home




CUBA

OLD AND NEW




I

_OLD CUBA_


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