" Many yeeres since I had knowledge by relation of that great and golden Citie which the Spaniards call El Dorado. " Sir Walter Ralegh colophon NEW YORK ALFRED · A · KNOPF 1920 COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To H. J. B. BAIRD An Havana which he is free to decline in every particular save the dedication SAN CRISTÓBAL DE  LA  HABANA T HERE are certain cities, strange to the first view, nearer the heart than home. But it might be better to acknowle