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.

The Picturesque in the War

9 pages in this part of The Story of Cuba.

The Picturesque in the War

The Camps of the Rebels and the Palace of the Governor-General--How the Wounded Cubans are Cared for--The Inside of the Rebellion in the…

The Picturesque in the War: Cuban

Kate Masterson, writing from Havana, after hearing from the Cuban women, with a woman's sympathy, the startling stories of their…

The Picturesque in the War: Excellency

The interview proceeded as follows, under the usual common consent that it was not an interview, a little finesse of the exalted officials…

The Picturesque in the War: Spanish

The general's eyes glinted dangerously. "The Spanish columns attend to their prisoners just as well as any other country in times of war,"…

The Picturesque in the War: Weyler

General Weyler laughed. "There would be no danger from the rebels," he said, "but from the Spanish soldiers. They are of a very…

The Picturesque in the War: Maceo

That settled it. I decided not to go. "It is reported," I said, "that thirty women are fighting under General Maceo. Is this true?" "Yes,"…

The Picturesque in the War: Upon

I assured the general that I should be very much honored to accept his kind hospitality, and we passed into a long room, half balcony and…

The Picturesque in the War: Cuba

There has been general curiosity about the latest and, it is alleged, the most formidable of the trochas in Cuba, and the Heralds…

The Picturesque in the War: Havana

The insurgents swept on across Santa Clara, Matanzas and Havana, and in a vain hope to prevent the revolution spreading into Pinar del Rio…

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