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magazine and also of the Social and one of 

 the editors of El Figaro and the Revista 

 Juridica. In the field of letters he cul- 

 tivates especially descriptions of social 

 customs also satirical and humorous writ- 

 ing, and has published in this vein numer- 

 ous essays under the titles of Rasgos y 

 Rasgunos, 1914, Personajes y Personillas, 

 1 9 1 6 . Along with th ese may be mentioned 

 his Recuerdos de Antano, a collection of Cu- 

 ban folk-lore. In addition to this he has 

 published the following monographs: La 

 Literatura cubana de costumbres, 1903; El 

 costumbrista Jose Maria de Cardenas y Ro- 

 driguez, 1914; La reforma del Codigo Civil 

 y el Primer Congreso Juridico Nacional, 

 1916; Contratos de Comercio no existentes 

 en el Derecho Mercantil positivo vigente en 

 Cuba, 1916; La intervencion norteamericana 

 en Santo Domingo y el Derecho de las pe- 

 quenas nacionalidades, 1919. He is a mem- 

 ber of the Cuban Society of International 

 Law. 



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