CHAPTER XXXVI. AMERICAN COLONIES IN CUBA.....390

American Colonies in Cuba--Founded After the War of Independence--Pernicious Activities of Unscrupulous American Speculators--Heroic Efforts of Illfounded Colonies--The Story of La Gloria and Its Neighbors--Colonization of the Isle of Pines--The Colony of Herradura--Various Colonies in Oriente--Inducements to Further Colonization.

ILLUSTRATIONS

FULL PAGE PLATES

Francisco de Fri _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

The Vinales Valley 36

San Juan River, Matanzas 54

On the Cauto River 92

National Theatre, Central Park, Havana 144

The Gomez Building 190

Pablo Desvernine 284

In New Havana 296

Colon Park 306

An Avenue of Palms 326

Grand Central Railway Station, Havana 354

Leopoldo Cancio 362

The Chamber of Commerce, Havana 376

TEXT EMBELLISHMENTS

City Hall and Plaza, Cardenas Page 56

A Mountain Road, Oriente “ 84

Cuban Rural Home “ 145

Fruit Vender, Havana “ 209

THE HISTORY OF CUBA