The English in the West Indies or the bow of Ulysses

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visitors — The cathedral—Tomb of Columbus— New friends — The late rebellion — Slave emancipation — Spain and progress — A bull fight •. .288 CHAPTEE

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Hotels in H a v a n a— Sights in the city— Cigar manufactories — West Indian industries — The Captain-General— The Jesuit college — F a t h e r Viñez — Clubs in H a v a n a — Spanish aristocracy — Sea lodging house . . . 309 CHAPTER

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Beturn to Havana — The Spaniards in Cuba — Prospects — American influence —F u t u r e of the West Indies — English rumours— Leave Cuba— The harbour "at night—The B a h a m a Channel — Hayti — Port au Prince —The black republic —West Indian history . . 331 CHAPTER

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Return to Jamaica— Cherry Garden again —Black servants — Social conditions— Sir H e n r y Norman—King's House once more — Negro suffrage — The will of the people —The Irish python — Conditions of colonial union— Oratory and statesmanship . 350 CHAPTER

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Going home — Retrospect —Alternative courses —F u t u r e of the Empire — Sovereignty of the sea — The Greeks — The rights of m a n—Plato —The voice of the people —Imperial federation — Hereditary colonial policy— New Irelands —Effects of party government 362


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