OUR
ARTIST IN CUBA,
PERU, SPAIN AND ALGIERS
BY
GEORGE W. CARLETON.
Price 50 Cents.
OUR
ARTIST IN CUBA,
PERU, SPAIN AND ALGIERS.
LEAVES FROM
THE SKETCH-BOOK OF A TRAVELLER.
1864-1868.
BY
GEORGE W. CARLETON.
NEW YORK:
Copyright, 1877, by
G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers.
LONDON: S. LOW & CO.
MDCCCLXXVII.
OUR ARTIST, HIS MARK.
CONTENTS.
- An Apology.
- PART I.—CUBA, Page 5
- THE START.—THE STEAMSHIP COLUMBIA. AT SEA.
- In The Gulf Of Mexico.
- Arrival At Havana.
- Streets Of Havana.—Calle Mercaderes.
- View From Our Window At The Hotel Almy.
- Streets Of Havana.—Calle Teniente Re.
- At The Cafe Louvre.
- The [Wicked] Flea Of Havana.
- The National Vehicle Of Havana.
- A Cock-fight In Cuba.
- Streets Of Havana.—Calle Lamparilla.
- The Cuban Tooth-pick.
- The Captain General's Quinta.
- The Domestic Insects Of Havana.
- A Little Episode In The Calle Barratillo.
- Streets Of Havana.—Calle Compostella.
- An Interior In Havana.
- Heads Of The People.
- Primitive Habits Of The Natives.
- Washing In Havana.
- Carnival In Havana.
- A Mask Ball At The Tacon.
- Later In The Evening,
- Streets Of Havana—Calle Obrapia.
- Streets Of Havana—Calle O'reilly.
- Bed-rooms In Cuba.
- Sea-baths In Havana.
- The Start—steamship "Henry Chauncey." From New York To Aspinwall.
- In The Caribbean Sea.
- Arrival At Aspinwall.
- Isthmus Of Darien.
- A View In Panama.
- An Afternoon At Panama.
- A Street Scene In Panama.
- In The Bay Of Panama.
- Steamship "Chile." From Panama To Callao.
- Payta—a Seaport In Peru.
- Natural History In Peru.
- Arrival At Callao—the Harbor.
- Architecture In Callao.
- Arrival At Lima.
- The Cathedral At Lima.
- Domestics In Peru.
- A Spanish Overcoat.
- Hackmen In Spain.
- A Citizen Of Valladolid.
- A Madrid Hat.
- Lotteries In Spain.
- Sight-seeing In Spain.
- Landing In Africa.
- An Arab Beggar.
- African Water Carriers.
- Bed-rooms In Africa.
- Another Arab Beggar.
- Locomotion In Africa.
- Costumes In Africa.
- Soldiers In Africa.
- A Street In Algiers.
- Manufactures In Africa.
- Moorish Shop-keeper.
- Fine Arts In Africa.
- Jardin D'essai, Algiers.
AN APOLOGY.
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HE Author of these unpretending little wayside sketches offers them to the Public with the hesitating diffidence of an Amateur. The publication a few years ago, of a portion of the drawings was attended with so flattering a reception, that a new edition being called for, it is believed a few more Leaves from the same vagabond sketch-book may not be intrusive.
The out-of-the-way sort of places in which the Author's steps have led him, must always present the most enticing subjects for a comic pencil; and although no attempt is here made to much more than hint at the oranges and volantes of Cuba, the earthquakes and buzzards of Peru, the donkeys and beggars of Spain, or the Arabs and dates of Algiers, yet sketches made upon the spot, with the crispy freshness of a first impression, cannot fail in suggesting at least a panoramic picture of such grotesque incidents as these strange Countries furnish.
The drawings are merely the chance results of leisure moments; and Our Artist, in essaying to convey a ray of information through the glasses of humor, has simply multiplied with printers' ink his pocket-book of sketches, which, although caricatures, are exaggerations of actual events, jotted down on the impulse of the moment, for the same sort of idle pastime as may possibly lead the reader to linger along its ephemeral pages.
NEW YORK, Christmas, 1877.
PART I.
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CUBA.
CUBAN SKETCHES.
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THE START.—THE STEAMSHIP COLUMBIA.
AT SEA.
First day out.—The wind freshens up a trifle as we get outside Sandy Hook; but our artist says he is'nt sea-sick, for he never felt better in his life.
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.
A "Booby"—as seen from the ship's deck.
A "Booby"—as seen on the ship's deck.
ARRIVAL AT HAVANA.
A side elevation of the colored gentleman who carried our luggage from the small boat to the Custom House.
STREETS OF HAVANA.—CALLE MERCADERES.
The first volante driver that our artist saw in Havana.
VIEW FROM OUR WINDOW AT THE HOTEL ALMY.
The old Convent and Bell Tower of the Church of San Francisco,—now used as a Custom House.
STREETS OF HAVANA.—CALLE TENIENTE RE.
A Cuban Cart and its Motive Power.—Ye patient Donkey.
AT THE CAFE LOUVRE.
Manners and Customs of a Cuban with a Cold in his Head.
THE [WICKED] FLEA OF HAVANA.
PART I.—The beast in a torpid condition.PART II.—When he "smells the blood of an Englishmun."
THE NATIONAL VEHICLE OF HAVANA.
Manner and Custom of Harnessing ye Animiles to ye Cuban Volante.
A COCK-FIGHT IN CUBA.
I.—Chanticleer as he goes in.
II.—Chanticleer considerably "played out."
STREETS OF HAVANA.—CALLE LAMPARILLA.
The cool and airy style in which they dress the rising colored generation of Havana.
THE CUBAN
Two ways of carrying it—behind the ear, and in the back-hair.
THE CAPTAIN GENERAL'S QUINTA.
View of the Canal and Cocoa Tree; looking East from the Grotto.
THE DOMESTIC INSECTS OF HAVANA.
Agitation of the Better-Half of Our Artist, upon entering her chamber and making their acquaintance.
A LITTLE EPISODE IN THE CALLE BARRATILLO.
A slight difference arises between the housekeeper's cat and the butcher's dog, who has just come out in his summer costume.
STREETS OF HAVANA.—CALLE COMPOSTELLA.
The Free Negro.—An every-day scene, when the weather is fine.
AN INTERIOR IN HAVANA.
Kitchen, chief-cook and bottle-washer in the establishment of Mrs. Franke, out on the "Cerro."
HEADS OF THE PEOPLE.
A portrait of the young lady, whose family (after considerable urging) consents to take in our washing.
PRIMITIVE HABITS OF THE NATIVES.
Washing in Havana.—$4 00 a dozen in gold.