THE CUBA REVIEW 



31 



CUBA OLD AND NEW 

 By A. G. Robinson, 20 full-page illustrations 



from photographs. Longmans, Green & Co. 



$1.75. 



The author's announced purpose in this 

 volume is to present the main points in Cuba's 

 history, a fair knowledge of which is abso- 

 lutely necessary in any proper understanding 

 of the relations of the United States to the 

 Island of Cuba and of the conditions existing 

 today. He writes from nearly twenty years 

 of special study of, and contact with, the 

 affairs of the island; from many visits to it; 

 and from personal acquaintance with many 

 of those who have been prominent in Cuba's 

 experiences since the American occupation 

 in January, 1899. 



In addition to the consideration of the 

 political history of the island there are chap- 

 ters on its natural features and economic re- 

 sources; other chapters contain information 

 of use or interest to tourists and casual visi- 

 tors. The book is intended to meet the need 

 of both the intelligent general reader and the 

 special student. 



This volume bears evidence of being care- 

 fully ^Titten, and the author has succeeded 

 in giving in a very concise way the salient 

 points of Cuban history with an interesting 

 description of the country and a very sympa- 

 thetic account of the efforts of the Cuban 

 people to establish a new form of government 

 after the passing of the Dominion of Spain. 

 The chapter entitled "A Story of Sugar," 

 deserves special mention because all the es- 

 sential processes of sugar culture are described 

 in an interesting manner which is free from the 

 technicalities which are apt to mystify the 

 average reader in many articles written on 

 sugar. The relations between the United 

 States and Cuba are sketched in a chapter 

 devoted to this subject, and this chapter 

 shows the result of a thorough study of the 

 various factors of the problem that Cuba has 

 always presented to the United States long 

 before the independence of Cuba was even 

 considered. Altogether Mr. Robinson has 

 contributed a book on Cuba of great value to 

 any one who has any interest in Cuba, be it 

 economic, that of a student, or merely the 

 interest of a general reader in search of in- 

 formation. 



Cisco, 1915, with the following very timely in- 

 troduction by Gen. Enrique Loynaz Del 

 Castillo, Cuban Commissioner to the Exposi- 

 tion : 



"When an immense conflagration of war, 

 encircling the planet, redens the dawn of the 

 20th Century, here, in San Francisco, the 

 Phoenix city of the Pacific, a ray of light of the 



ideal arises Beside the 



greatest of Democracies the peoples congre- 

 gate in order to unite the oceans and iDring 

 the nations nearer to each other and to 

 chant the hjmins of peace and welfare. Al- 

 ready in the nascent light I perceive the dear 

 face of our Cuba, on her brow the diadem of 

 glory and in her hand the branch of olive." 



The work is published through the courtesy 

 of the "Souvenir Guide of Cuba Co." with the 

 sanction of the Cuban Government, and its 

 225 pages combine the concise directness of 

 the guide-book with enough literary finish and 

 style to make it exceedingly readable. In 

 large clear type the author has presented 

 without bias, prejudice or exaggeration, under 

 convenient chapter headings just what a 

 prospective visitor to Cuba needs and wants 

 to know. A noticeable and commendable 

 feature is the compression of historic matter 

 to a minimum brevity, and as a guide to the 

 Government of Cuba, this volume is complete 

 with photographs of all officials of the pre- 

 sent administration. 



MARKET FOR AMERICAN LUMBER 



The total value of the yearly imports of 

 lumber into the islands bordering on the Carib- 

 bean amounts to over $8,000,000, of which 

 Cuba and Porto Rico together import about 

 $5,000,000 worth, the British West Indian 

 Island, $1,000,000. In view of the importance 

 of this trade the Canadian Department of 

 Trade and Commerce has recently had its 

 trade commissioners make special reports on 

 this trade. The names and addresses of the 

 dealers in Havana, Cuba, are as follows: 

 A. Alvarez, Mercaderes, 22; Carbonell y S. 

 Relay o, La Quinta, esq., a Carta; Compania 

 de Maderas, Consha, 1; Moffett Robbins & 

 Co., M. Gonzales 22; Pattin & Hamlin, M. 

 Gonzales, 56; Ramon Planiol, Monte, 361; 

 A. Quesada, Cristina, 5; Carlos Gomez y 

 Compania, Calzada de Cristina 163^. Corres- 

 pondence in Spanish. 



CUBA BEFORE THE WORLD 

 A handsome, illustrated book in colors dedi- 

 cated to the Republic of Cuba at the Panama- 

 Pacific International Exposition, San Fran- 



NEW MAIL STATION 



A new mail station, named Turquino, has 

 been opened for the service of the public in 

 the province of Santa Clara. 



