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THE CUBA REVIEW. 



Books and Pamphlets Received. 



A copy of the year-book and direc- 

 tory of the sugar-mills and retiiuric-s of 

 Austria-Hungary, 37th edition. The 

 work is a very valuable aid to all per- 

 sons connected with the beet-sugar in- 

 dustry. Under the item "Tcchnische 

 Beihilfe" (Teclmical Aid), there is a 

 very good chemical guide, important 

 formula in mathematics, which are valu- 

 able to the practical man in the industry 

 and some very valual)le data on boilers, 

 steam engines, electro-technics, building, 

 aKriculture, etc. Other important infor- 

 mation covers post and telegraph, rail- 

 roads, laws and taxes, patents, rules of 

 the sugar trade, domestic and foreign 

 duties and taxes and revenue on sugar, 

 statistics, etc. The reader will also find 

 the addresses of all the mills and re- 

 fineries of Austria-Hungary with data 

 about their capacity, etc.. the unions and 

 institutes, which refer to the industry, 

 names of firms dealing in sugar in Vien- 

 na, Prague, Bruenn, Lemberg, Budapest 

 and Priest. 



Bulletins i to 6, inclusive, from the 

 Government Department of Agriculture, 

 Federated Malay States. The subjects 

 treated are the species of termiles or 

 white ants found on rubber es-tates. its 

 ravages on the para rubber ;ree, with 

 remedial methods, and a pest of cocoa- 

 nuts in the same section, written bv H. 

 C. Pratt, F. M. S., Government Ento- 

 mologist. W. J. Gallagher, F.M.S., Gov- 

 ernment Mycologist at the same station, 

 contributes papers on a branch and stein 

 disease of hevea. Braziliensis on the 

 r ot diseases of the same tree, and also, 

 of the para rubber tree, and on the ex- 

 termination of rats in rice fields. 



Farmers' Bulletin 372 from the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture on Soy 

 Beans: illustrated. 



Annual report of the Hawaii Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station for 1908; il- 

 lustrated. 



Farmers' Bulletin 369, from the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, on "How to 

 Destroy Rats." 



Handbook of British (niiana. Published 

 under the authority of the Permanent 

 Exhibitions Committee, Dulan and Com- 

 pany, London. 



The contents of this handbook may be 

 broadly summarized in order as follows: 

 geography, history and climatology: pop- 

 ulation and races; political history and 

 constitution; education; ilescription of 

 centres of population and the administra- 

 tion of laws in them; flora and fauna; 

 finance and resources; government de- 

 partments: consular representation; ec- 

 clesiastical and legal interests: customs 



and shipping; posts and means of com- 

 munication; touring facilities; planting 

 and financial interests; medical service; 

 agricultural and mining administration; 

 and general statistics. The way in 

 which it is published is useful, and at the 

 same time, attractive. The type is good, 

 the plates are well chosen and well re- 

 produced, and there is a very good map. 



The Pasaje hotel, known for years to 

 Havana and the traveling public is 

 changed, and improvements are many. 



There are tiled baths, with hot and 

 cold water in each room; the dining 

 room has been enlarged, and complete 

 modern equipment has been installed. 



U. S. Secretary of War in Cuba. 



U. S. Secretary of War Dickinson, 

 while in Cuba early in January, visited 

 President Gomez and the Rosario Sugar 

 Mill at Aguacate. While at the mill 

 Secretary Dickinson kept up a steady 

 stream of questions regarding methods 

 of obtaining sugar, costs and output. 

 On his return to Havana the Cuban 

 army, the construction of the great 

 sewers, and the condition of the people 

 were likewise discussed. The Secretary 

 refused to make any comment on the 

 matters which had come under his at- 

 tention. 



Playwrights in Cuba. 



Chas. Klein, the well-known playwright, 

 was in Havana early in January in 

 search of information and local color for 

 a new plaj'. He said the island was rich 

 in dramatic and scenic possilii'itics and 

 that Havana reminded him of southern 

 Europe, the citj' and country being from 

 all views a typical Latin-American 

 country. He thought Cuban dramatic 

 tnste' favored plenty of action. A first- 

 class stock company to come to Havana 

 is the idea of Mr. Archibald Selwyn. 

 another New York theatrical man, for 

 the purpose of presenting first-class 

 plays alternating with musical shows, 

 but there must be supporting subscrip- 

 tions from Atnericans. He thought there 

 was a great opportunity for a strong pla\- 

 woven about Cuban characters, situations 

 and scenes. 



The annual conference of the Metho- 

 dist Episcopal Church South was held 

 at Santiago de Cuba, January 14 to 18. 

 Bishop W. A. Candler and other church 

 dignitaries attended. 



