CONTENTS
| [ CHAPTER I.] |
| A CUBAN WELCOME. |
| Our Reception at Santiago de Cuba--Spanish Law--A Commemorative Feast--Cuban Courtesy--Coffee House Politeness |
| [ CHAPTER II.] |
| DAILY LIFE IN CUBA. |
| A Cuban Home--My Bed-Room--A Creole Breakfast--Don Benigno and his Family--A Cuban Matron--Church-going in connection with Shopping--An Evening Tertulia--A Tropical Moon |
| [ CHAPTER III.] |
| ART-PATRONAGE IN CUBA. |
| Our Studio--Our Critics--Our Patrons--Still-Life |
| [ CHAPTER IV.] |
| A CUBAN 'VELORIO.' |
| More Still-Life--A Night-Wake--Mourners--Doña Dolores--A Funeral Procession--A Burial |
| [ CHAPTER V.] |
| CUBAN MODELS. |
| Tropical Birds--The Coco's--La Grulla--Vultures--Street Criers--Water Carriers |
| [ CHAPTER VI.] |
| CUBAN BEGGARS. |
| Carrapatam Bunga--The Havana Lottery--A Lady Beggar--A Beggar's Opera--Popular Characters--Charity--A Public Raffle--The 'King of the Universe' |
| [ CHAPTER VII.] |
| THE BLACK ART IN CUBA. |
| A Model Mulatto--A Bewitched Watchman--Cuban Sorcery--An Enchanted Painter |
| [ CHAPTER VIII.] |
| A TASTE OF CUBAN PRISON-LIFE. |
| Two Views of the Morro Castle--The Commandant--The Town Jail--Cuban Policemen--Prisoners--A Captive Indian--Prison Fare--A Court of Justice--A Trial--A Verdict |
| [ CHAPTER IX.] |
| A WEST INDIAN EPIDEMIC. |
| A Cuban Physician and his Patient--A Nightmare--A Mystery--A Cure--By the Sad Sea Waves--A Cuban Watering-place--Lobster-hunting--Another View of the Morro Castle--What 'Dios sabe' means |
| [ CHAPTER X.] |
| GENERAL TACON'S JUDGMENT. |
| Pleasant Company--The Cigar Girl of Havana--A Tobacconist Shop in Cuba--A Romance of Real Life--Spanish Justice abroad |
| [ CHAPTER XI.] |
| (VERY) HIGH ART IN CUBA. |
| On the Ceiling--'Pintar-monos'--A Chemist's Shop à la Polychrome--Sculpture under Difficulties--'Nothing like Leather'--A Triumph in Triumphal Arches--Cuban Carpenters--The Captain-General of Havana |
| [ CHAPTER XII.] |
| A CORRESPONDENT IN THE WEST INDIES. |
| American News-agents and their Work--Local Information--The 'Glorious Campaign' of Santo Domingo--'El Cañon de Montecristo' Wounded Soldiers--Still-Life again--A Visit from the Spanish Fleet--Escape from Jail |
| [ CHAPTER XIII.] |
| CUBAN MUSIC. |
| A Soirée at Don Laureano's--An eminent Violinist and Composer--Cuban Pianos--Real Negro Minstrels--Carnival Songs--Coloured Improvisatores |
| [ CHAPTER XIV.] |
| MASQUERADING IN CUBA. |
| Deserted--'Los Mamarrachos'--A French-Creole Ball--Street Masquers--Negro Amateurs--Masks and Dominoes--The Plaza de Armas--Victims of the Carnival--A Cuban Café in Holiday Time--'Comparsas'--White and Black Balls--A Moral |
| [ CHAPTER XV.] |
| AN EVENING AT THE RETRETA. |
| A Musical Promenade--My Friend Tunicú--Cuban Beauties--Dark Divinities--A Cuban Café--A Popular 'Pollo'--Settling the Bill! |
| [ CHAPTER XVI.] |
| AT A CUBAN BALL. |
| The Philharmonic and its Members--A Street Audience--The Guests--Engaging Partners--'La Carabina'--'La Danza Criolla'--Dance Music--Refreshments--A Pretty Partner--A Night with Cuban Gamblers--Spanish Cards--An Old Hand--'Temblores' |
| [ CHAPTER XVII.] |
| CUBAN THEATRICALS. |
| The Stage-Door Keeper--A Rehearsal--The Spanish Censor--A Cuban Audience--Dramatic Performances--Between Acts--Behind the Scenes--A Dénouement in Real Life |
| [ CHAPTER XVIII.] |
| MY DÉBUT ON A CUBAN STAGE. |
| An Engagement--A Foreign 'Star'--A Benefit Night--A Local Play--First Appearance--A serious 'Hitch'--Re-engagement |
| [ CHAPTER XIX.] |
| COFFEE GROUNDS OF CUBA. |
| Going out of Town--On the Road--A wayside Inn--A Cane Field--West Indian Fruit Trees--The Arrival--A Dinner in the Country--The Evening Blessing--Tropical Reptiles--A Farm Yard--Slave Flogging--Coffee--Tropical Scenery--A Siesta |
| [ CHAPTER XX.] |
| COUNTRY-LIFE AT A SUGAR ESTATE. |
| An Artist's Tent--Early Sport--An 'Ingenio'--Sugar and Rum--Afternoon Sport--A Ride through the Country--Negro Dancing--An Evening in the Country--'La Loteria' |
| [ CHAPTER XXI.] |
| LOVE-MAKING IN THE TROPICS. |
| My Inamorata--Clandestine Courtship--A Love Scene--'Il Baccio' in Cuba--The Course of True Love--A Stern Parent |
| [ CHAPTER XXII.] |
| A CUBAN CONVENT. |
| Without the Walls--'El Torno'--A Convent Letter--Accomplices--A Powder Plot--With the Nuns--Don Francisco the Dentist |
| [ CHAPTER XXIII.] |
| A CRUISE IN THE WEST INDIES. |
| Cuban Telegraphy--The 'New York Trigger'--News from Porto Rico--A Day in Porto Rico--Don Felipe--A Mail Agent--Coasting--Aguadilla--Mayagüez--Santo Domingo--Sight-seeing--Telegraphic News |
| [ CHAPTER XXIV.] |
| A STATE OF SIEGE IN CUBA. |
| A Cuban Newspaper Office--Local Intelligence--The Cuban Revolution--Spanish Volunteers--A Recruit--With Bimba--'Los Insurrectos'--At a Fire--Cuban Firemen |
| [ CHAPTER XXV.] |
| CUBAN WARFARE. |
| Spanish Soldiers--A Sally--Prisoners of War--'Los Voluntarios'--A Triumphant Return--Danger!--Cuban Emigrants |
| [ CHAPTER XXVI.] |
| HAVANA CIGARETTES. |
| Cigars--The Etiquette of Smoking--A Cigarette Manufactory--The Courteous Proprietor--The Visitors' Book--Cigarette Rolling |
| [ CHAPTER XXVII.] |
| A MULATTO GIRL. |
| An Obscure Birth--Bondage--A Bad Master--A Good Godfather--A Cuban Christening--Anomaly of Slavery--A White Lover--Rivals--An Important Event |
| [ CHAPTER XXVIII.] |
| A MULATTO GIRL (continued). |
| The Slave Trade--Ermiña and her Lover--Panics--'Los Insurrectos' v. 'Los Voluntarios'--A Wounded Patriot--Spanish Law and Cuban Law--The 'Mambi's'--A Promise--An Alarm--All's Well that ends Well |
| [ CHAPTER XXIX.] |
| A CUBAN WEDDING. |
| Open Engagements--A Marriage Ceremony--A Wedding Breakfast--The Newly Married Couple |
| [ CHAPTER XXX.] |
| CUBANS IN NEW YORK. |
| The Morro Castle again--Summer and Winter--Cuban Refugees--Filibusters--'Los Laborantes' of New York and their Work--American Sympathisers |
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