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Conditions Accompanying the Rise of Wealth--Strange Mixture of Immorality and Religion--Seclusion of Cuban Women--Amusements and Entertainments--The Bull Ring--The Cock Pit--The Beginning of Literary Activity and Intellectual Life--The Drama in Cuba--Musical Culture--Dancing--Architecture--Home Life--Backward State of Education--Printing and Publishing--Suggestive Articles in the Press--The Beginning of Cuban Literature.