Research Catalog

Title

The cruise of the Port Kingston / by W. Ralph Hall Caine.

Author

Caine, William Ralph Hall, 1869-1939

Publication

London : Collier & Co. 2 Tudor Street, E.C., 1908.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Collier & Co. (London, England), publisher.
• James Ballantyne and Co., printer.

Description

xxxi, [1], 351, [1] pages, [70] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits, facsimiles; 24 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subject

• Obeah (Cult) > Jamaica
• Vodou > Jamaica
• Earthquakes > Jamaica
• Black people > Jamaica
• Black people > Jamaica > Social conditions
• Women, Black > Jamaica > Social conditions
• Women, Black > Jamaica
• Jamaica
• Jamaica > Description and travel
• Jamaica > Economic conditions
• Jamaica > Religion
• Kingston (Jamaica) > History

Note

• With a half-title.
• "Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited. Tavistock Street, London."--colphon, page [1] at end.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references ("Notable books, and some others"--pages 52-61) and index.

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

1. Crossing the ocean -- 2. Guests and fellow-passengers -- 3. Barbados: cotton, sunshine and shadow -- 4. History: (I) Jamaica: Spanish settlement -- 5. History: (II) English colonisation -- 6. History: (III) Slavery -- 7. History: (IV) "Rebellion" ; Exit the old constitution -- 8. Notable books, and some others -- 9. A mixed marriage -- 10. Commercial opportunities: (I) The land of the banana -- 11. Commercial opportunities: (II) Sugar and cotton -- 12. Commercial opportunities: (III) Settlers wanted -- 13. The religious and spirit life of the native: (I) A modern messiah -- 14. The religious and spirit life of the native: (II) The Bedwardite baptism -- 15. The religious and spirit life of the native: (III) Children in mind -- 16. The religious and spirit life of the native: (IV) The first communion -- 17. The religious and spirit life of the native: (V) A West Indian wake -- 18. The religious and spirit life of the native: (VI) The legend of the Diablesse -- 19. The religious and spirit life of the native: (VII) Obeahism -- 20. The religious and spirit life of the native: (VIII) A voodoo cannibalistic feast -- 21. When north joins south -- 22. Home problems -- 23. The native woman: (I) Marriage -- 24. The native woman: (II) Education in sex -- 25. The native woman: (III) Goddesses in chocolate -- 26. The native woman: (IV) Forbidden dances -- 27. The native woman: (V) The creole wife -- 28. The story of an English bridge in her own words: (I) "My bridal morning" -- 29. The story of an English bridge in her own words: (II) "My home-coming" -- 30. The story of an English bridge in her own words: (III) "Our home" -- 31. The earthquake -- 32. The Jamaica gazette -- 33. American aid -- 34. Accepted and refused -- 35. Famous letters -- 36. The Port Kingston sails -- 37. The Port Kingston's return -- 38. The governor resigns -- 39. The new governor -- 40. Tropical sport -- 41. Au reviour -- Appendix 1. The Jamaica Gazette, March 7, 1907 -- Appendix 2. The Imperial Treasury grant and loan -- Appendix 3. Negro proverbs -- Appendix 4. The ship's daily run -- Index.

Call Number

Sc 917.292-C (Caine, W. Cruise of the "Port Kingston")

OCLC

• 1803696
• NYPGR1803696-B

Author

Caine, William Ralph Hall, 1869-1939, author.

Title

The cruise of the Port Kingston / by W. Ralph Hall Caine.

Publisher

London : Collier & Co. 2 Tudor Street, E.C., 1908.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references ("Notable books, and some others"--pages 52-61) and index.

Provenance

Copy in Sc 917.292-C (accession no. B526982) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Collier & Co. (London, England), publisher.

James Ballantyne and Co., printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 917.292-C (Caine, W. Cruise of the "Port Kingston")