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holds the Order of the Liberator granted 

 him by the Government of Venezuela. In 

 191 5 the Municipal Council of his native 

 city Santa Clara by a unanimous vote 

 honored him with the title of ''Distin- 

 guished Son. " 



He has written much and widely, being 

 a contributor to the leading periodicals 

 and magazines of Cuba and other Latin- 

 American countries. He is the author of: 

 Honrando al caido: Palabras de Estrada 

 Palma (1910); La Academia de la His tor ia 

 de Cuba: Los Academicos de numero (1910) ; 

 Estrada Palma: Contribution historica 

 (19 11); Aspectos nacionales (191 5); Jose 

 Sixto de Sola (191 7). He has published 

 also, with Introduction and Notes, the 

 following books: Cartas Amatorias de la 

 Avellaneda (191 1); Pensando en Cuba 

 (19 1 7), a posthumous work of Dr. Jose S. 

 de Sola ; Desde el Castillo de Figueras ( 1 9 1 8) , 

 letters of Estrada Palma. He is now pre- 

 paring a study on the Cuban historian 

 Pedro Jose Guiteras, and a translation from 

 the Portuguese, Cartas Familiar es y Bil- 

 letes de Paris, de Eca de Queiroz. Finally, 



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