Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers

About this eBook

Author

Carleton, George Washington, 1832-1901

Title

Our Artist in Cuba, Peru, Spain and Algiers Leaves from The Sketch-Book of a Traveller, 1864-1868

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

NC: Fine Arts: Drawing, Design, Illustration

Subject

Spain -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works

Category

Text

eBook-No.

36348

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36348

Release Date

June 7, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.OUR ARTIST IN CUBA, PERU, SPAIN AND ALGIERS — OUR ARTIST IN CUBA, PERU, SPAIN AND ALGIERS. — CONTENTS. — AN APOLOGY.
2. 2.P ART I. ——— CUBA. — CUBAN SKETCHES. — 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. — FIRST HOUR! SECOND HOUR!! THIRD HOUR!!! — BED-ROOMS IN CUBA. — SEA-BATHS IN HAVANA. — HOTELS IN HAVANA. — HIGH ART IN HAVANA. — LOCOMOTION IN THE COUNTRY. — SHOPPING IN HAVANA. — THE NATIONAL BEVERAGE OF HAVANA. — THE LIZARDS OF CUBA. — SMOKING IN HAVANA. — THE MUSQUITOS OF HAVANA. — PUBLIC SERVANTS IN CUBA. — ONE OF THE SENSATIONS IN CUBA. — THE GREAT CAVE NEAR MATANZAS. — THE OUTSKIRTS OF MATANZAS. — ARCHITECTURE IN MATANZAS. — A CAFFETAL NEAR MATANZAS. — THE PICTURESQUE IN MATANZAS. — A SUGAR PLANTATION, NEAR THE YUMORI. — A BED-CHAMBER IN MATANZAS. — ECONOMY IS WEALTH. — THE SUBURBS OF CALABAZAR. — PLANTATIONS NEAR MARIANAO. — ARCHITECTURE IN HAVANA. — LAST NIGHT IN HAVANA.
3. 3.P ART II. ——— PERU. — PERUVIAN SKETCHES. — 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 PERUVIAN COOK. — STREETS OF LIMA—CALLE JUDIOS. — CELESTIALS IN PERU. — DOLCE FAR NIENTE—A DREAM OF PERU. — THE SAD REALITY. — BEDROOMS IN PERU. — STREETS OF LIMA.—CALLE PALACIO. — STREETS OF LIMA—CALLE PLATEROS. — OCCUPATIONS IN LIMA. — CARRIAGES AND PAVEMENTS IN LIMA. — COSTUMES IN LIMA.—THE SAYA Y MANTO. — HEAD-DRESSES IN LIMA.—THE MANTO. — REVOLUTIONS IN PERU. — THE WAR WITH SPAIN. — MARTIAL MUSIC IN PERU. — FINE ARTS IN PERU. — DARK AGES OF PERU. — LOCOMOTION IN SOUTH AMERICA. — HAIR-DRESSING IN LIMA. — A FRUIT-STALL AT CHORRILLOS. — SHOPPING IN PERU. — THE FLEAS OF LIMA. — THE LLAMAS OF PERU. — TERPSICHORE IN PERU. — CHURCH ORNAMENTS IN LIMA. — THE BELLS OF LIMA. — PERUVIAN BARK—IN THE ROUGH. — TRANSPORTATION IN PERU. — PRIESTS AND FRIARS OF LIMA. — ENTOMOLOGY IN SOUTH AMERICA. — LOTTERIES IN PERU. — CURIOSITIES OF PERU. — A COUP D'ŒIL IN LIMA. — LAST DAY AT LIMA.
4. 4.P ART III. ——— SPAIN. — A SPANISH OVERCOAT. — HACKMEN IN SPAIN. — A CITIZEN OF VALLADOLID. — A MADRID HAT. — LOTTERIES IN SPAIN. — SIGHT-SEEING IN SPAIN. — NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. — A RAIL-ROAD OFFICIAL. — ARCHITECTURE IN CORDOVA. — BALCONIES IN SEVILLE. — IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. — A BARBAROUS PROCEEDING. — A CAFÉ IN SEVILLE. — TYPES OF SPANISH CHARACTER. — SPANISH STAGE-COACHES. — LOCOMOTION IN SPAIN. — THE SPANISH GUITAR. — BEGGARS IN SPAIN. — THE ALHAMBRA. — THE ALHAMBRA. — A SPANISH VEGETABLE MARKET.
5. 5.P ART IV. ——— ALGIERS. — 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.

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