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Our Artist in Cuba Fifty drawings on wood. Leaves from the Sketch-book of a traveler, During the Winter of 1864-5. By: George W. Carleton (1832-1901) |
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[Illustration: CARLETON DEL hys Marke]
OUR ARTIST IN CUBA. FIFTY DRAWINGS ON WOOD. LEAVES FROM THE SKETCH BOOK OF A TRAVELER, DURING THE WINTER OF 1864 5, BY GEO. W. CARLETON. [Illustration: colophon] NEW YORK: Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway. London: S. Low, Son & Co. MDCLXV. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by GEO. W. CARLETON, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.
CONTENTS. A PRELIMINARY WORD. No. SICK TRANSIT 1 Two BOOBIES 2 A COLORED HERCULES 3 THE CUBAN JEHU 4 IGLESIA DE SAN FRANCISCO 5 A CUBAN MOTIVE 6 AN INFLUENZA 7 FLEE FOR SHELTER 8 THE RIDE 9 A COCK FIGHT 10 RATHER COOL 11 A SPANISH RETREAT 12 TAKE YOUR PICK 13 SPIDERS, RATS, AND COCKROACHES 14 BELLIGERENTS 15 MATERFAMILIAS ET FILIUS 16 A CULINARY DEPARTMENT 17 A BUNDLE OF CLOTHES 18 A BUTTON SMASHER 19 WHITE PANTALOONS 20 A CARNIVAL ACQUAINTANCE 21 BEAUTY AT THE BALL 22 A DISAPPOINTMENT 23 DOLCE FAR NIENTE 24 LOCOMOTION 25 THE SPANISH TONGUE 26 AN UNWELCOME VISITOR 27 AN AGREEABLE BATH 28 A CELESTIAL MAID 29 A STATUE ON A BUST 30 A TAIL UNFOLDED 31 PUT MONEY IN THY PURSE 32 SUGAR AND WATER 33 GREEN FIELDS AND PASTURES NEW 34 A SEGAR WELL LIGHTED 35 WHERE SHALL REST BE FOUND 36 ALL ABOARD 37 THE MATANZAS CAVE 38 A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL 39 A SHADY RETREAT 40 A SPANISH GROCER 41 COLORED HELP 42 VERY MOORISH 43 CHACUN A SON GOUT 44 NATURE'S SWEET RESTORER 45 AGRICULTURAL 46 A COT IN THE VALLEY 47 A COLORED BEAUTY 48 CORNER STONES 49 A SUDDEN DEPARTURE 50
A PRELIMINARY WORD. WITH many misgivings, the author of this little brochure has been
persuaded to give the prominence of publication to a mere pocket book
collection of way side pen and ink sketches, the chance results of idle
moments, sandwiched with such Cuban events as paring oranges and sipping
from their cups of nectar tearing through the narrow streets of Havana
in ragged volantes listening in the soft moonlight, and arm in arm with
Cuban señoritas, to the Artillery band in the Plaza des Armas assisting
with domino and false nose at the masquerades in the Tacon
Theatre lounging with ices or delicious chocolate at the Café
Dominica dallying with cigar and fragrant coffee, after the regulation
breakfast of codfish, garlic, and onions snuffing up the perfumed air,
and strolling through the golden orange groves of Cafetals joining in
the battle, murder, and sudden death of Marinao
cock fights vagabondizing along the shady side of Calle Obispo and so
forth, through all the dulce far nientes of a stranger's drifting
life, among the lights and shadows of the Antilles' Queen. The only merit the pictures possess, perhaps, is their faithfulness to
nature. Though chiefly caricatures, they represent such incidents and
scenes as every one, with both eyes open, sees, who visits Cuba; and
being sketched upon the spot, with all the crispy freshness of a first
impression, they possess a sort of photographic value, that, in spite of
their grotesqueness, may prove more lasting than the entertainment which
their humor offers... Continue reading book >>
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