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distinguished for elevation of thought and 

 beauty of expression. Endowed with ver- 

 satility of talent, Callejas has used various 

 forms of literary expression, ranging from 

 poetry to humorous essays. He was the 

 founder and editor of the educational review 

 Cuba Pcdagogica and edited for a number of 

 years the child's magazine called Primavcra. 

 He has contributed also in prose and verse 

 to the principal literary publications of his 

 country. In 191 2 he took up journalistic 

 work as editor of the Prensa or Havana, 

 in which he inaugurated a humorous sec- 

 tion, which soon attracted popular notice 

 throughout the country. His humor and 

 his irony are directed to encourage all ele- 

 ments of social progress and it was through 

 his championship that the system of giving 

 free luncheons to public school scholars 

 was introduced in Cuba. A selection of 

 humorous articles was published in 1914, 

 under the title Arreglando el Mundo, a book 

 which won popular approval. 



Callejas is also distinguished as an 

 educator, in which capacity he has lectured 

 on grammar in Normal schools in Havana, 



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