The Story of Cuba

“The Story of Cuba is a tragedy.” Murat Halstead wrote it while the insurrection was still burning — four centuries of Spanish rule, the sugar and slave economy, Weyler’s camps, and an America deciding whether to intervene.

English Failure in the West Indies

8 pages in this part of The Story of Cuba.

English Failure in the West Indies

The Testimony of the Eminent Historian, James Anthony Froude--The Mismanagement of the English Islands by Free Trade Orators--Negro…

English Failure in the West Indies: Froude

More than any other writer, Froude has illuminated the questions we must have in mind in contemplation of the problem of the annexation. He…

English Failure in the West Indies: Havana

Here is a lesson in political economy profound as the picturesque in history from the same hand is brilliant; and the sketch of Havana…

English Failure in the West Indies: Mexico

The condition of the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico is of deeper import, and more immediate bearing upon the present interest and future…

English Failure in the West Indies: Castle

Life in the Capital of Cuba during the War Time.--Hotel Apartments and Furniture--Breakfasts--Barber Shops--Bar Rooms--Narrow Streets--The…

English Failure in the West Indies: Cuba

One of the most striking features of the scenery of cultivated Cuba is the Avenue of Palms. The Royal Palm is the most stately of trees…

English Failure in the West Indies: Spanish

The coffee and oranges and bread and butter are not your breakfast. The breakfast hour is 11 o'clock, and that meal begins with olives and…

English Failure in the West Indies: Jefferson

I borrow this exquisite comparison from an account Joe Jefferson gave when he was so young it was a joke to play the part of an old man, in…

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