Yet we must remember that the Spanish people and the English people are near akin in the great human family. They both belong to the white race; and so we shall call our black-eyed little neighbour our near cousin. Welcome, then, to our little Cuban cousin!

Contents

CHAPTERPAGE
I.Danger[9]
II.The Picnic[17]
III.Legends[29]
IV.Next-Door Neighbours[37]
V.Sugar[45]
VI.The Quarters[53]
VII.Home Again[61]
VIII.Startling News[64]
IX.First Years in the New World[72]
X.The Merrimac[81]
XI.Victory[90]
XII.Havana[97]

List of Illustrations

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Maria[Frontispiece]
"'I counted three different forts of the enemy'"[21]
"They sat back in the low, broad seat"[39]
"The machines made a steady, grinding sound"[50]
"'It is like a big lizard'"[76]
"The American flag was waving and peace ruled in the land"[100]