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At seventeen he began to write for 

 La Republic a, a Havana daily paper, and 

 to teach Spanish grammar and literature 

 in the "Circulo de Trabajadores." 



From about 1887 he devoted himself 

 definitely to literature, history, and teach- 

 ing despite the traditional family profes- 

 sion, Law, for which he studied but which 

 he never practiced. 



From 1889 to 1895 his writing was in the 

 line of literary criticism. Sometimes over 

 his own name, sometimes using the pseu- 

 donym Cesar de Madrid, he made constant 

 contributions to various Havana dailies, 

 to the reviews, La Habana Elegante, El 

 Figaro, El Hogar, El Pitcher, Gil Bias and 

 to some foreign periodicals as well. In 

 the Figaro he maintained for several years 

 a special column of wit and satire with the 

 caption " Cosas " in which he signed himself 

 variously as Don Panfilo, Panfilon or 

 Panfilito. 



Upon the organization of the Cuban 

 Revolutionary party in 1892, Coronado 

 joined it and also was allied with the pa- 

 triotic "junta" of Havana until 1896 when 



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