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"La Familia"; "La doctrina italiana en 

 Derecho Internacional Privado," etc., etc. 

 In due course he began also to publish 

 poems and to appear as a political speaker, 

 and won the prize in competition organized 

 by the Havana magazine El Figaro, for five 

 sonnets dedicated to Marti, the glorious 

 liberator of Cuba. 



In June, 1905, Dr. Montagu opened his 

 office as a lawyer in Pinar del Rio where he 

 lived and where he has practiced as a 

 lawyer since 1905 and as a Notary since 

 1909. He has held many offices, pro- 

 fessional and other, among them that of 

 Official Attorney of the Provincial Court, 

 1906; Judge of the First Instance, 1906-07; 

 Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 1907; Mem- 

 ber of various committees of Judges for 

 Examination of Notaries, 1908-1916; Pro- 

 fessor in the Institute of Pinar del Rio, 

 1908-1911 ; Treasurer of the Association of 

 Notaries, 191 2-1 7; and First Censor of the 

 same. 



In addition to these posts, Dr. Montagu 

 has held that of Secretary of Conventions 

 both Provincial and National of the 



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