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| [The White City] | Frontispiece |
| [The Soudanese Baby] | Title-page |
| [View From the Ferris Wheel] | xiii |
| [The Administration Building] | xiv |
CHAPTER I.—THE JOURNEY |
| [Here are the Tickets] | 1 |
| [The Foundation of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building] | 2, 3 |
| [A Wilderness of Iron.—Building Machinery Hall] | 4 |
| [One of the Decorators at Work] | 6 |
| [Making “Staff”] | 7 |
| [The “Court of Honor” as it Looked in June, 1892] | 8 |
| [“Yo’ Section Ready, Sah!”] | 10 |
| [The Opening of the Fair, May 1, 1893.—The President of the United States Speaking] | 11 |
| [Ground-plan of the World’s Fair Grounds] | 12 |
| [“Hi, there, Mama! Here’s Roomers!”] | 14 |
| [Here we Are!] | 15 |
CHAPTER II.—THE FÊTE NIGHT |
| [Administration Building] | 16 |
| [A Ticket of Admission] | 17 |
| [Interior of the Dome of the Administration Building] | 18 |
| [A Group of Statuary on the Administration Building—“The Glorification of War”] | 19 |
| [The Great Fountain, “The Triumph of the Republic”] | 20 |
| [A Nearer View of the Fountain] | 21 |
| [“He’s a Cowboy”] | 22 |
| [The Grand Basin from a Balcony of the Administration Building] | 23 |
| [The Peristyle, East End of the Court of Honor] | 24 |
| [The Statue of “The Republic”] | 25 |
| [View Looking North from the Dome of the Administration Building—Just before Sunset] | 26 |
| [“There was Room for Another Boy Inside,—and Harry Made a Sketch of It”] | 27 |
| [A View from the Lion Fountain] | 28 |
| [Evening on the Canal] | 29 |
| [View from the Island at Night] | 30 |
CHAPTER III.—HARRY’S DAY |
| [Building the Battle-ship. November, 1891] | 32 |
| [The Battle-ship as It Looked in January, 1892] | 33 |
| [The Battle-ship on Decoration Day, May 30, 1893] | 34 |
| [The United States Government Building] | 35 |
| [The Viking Ship] | 36 |
| [Two Little Tars Going to See the Model of a Man-of-war] | 37 |
| [The Caravel “Santa Maria”] | 38 |
| [“Guarding” the “Niña”] | 39 |
| [The New “Santa Maria” Crossing the Ocean] | 40 |
| [The Caravel “Niña”] | 41 |
CHAPTER IV.—PHILIP’S DAY |
| [“Cholly” Speechless] | 42 |
| [“A Splendid Meat Supper for 25 Cents!”] | 43 |
| [A “Loop” of the Intramural Railway] | 44 |
| [General View of the Court of Honor, Looking Toward the Lake] | 45 |
| [“Don’t Fail to See This Exhibit”] | 46 |
| [An Alaskan Image] | 47 |
| [The Whaling-ship] | 48 |
| [The Windmills] | 49 |
| [The Wooded Island at Twilight] | 50 |
| [A Launch-landing] | 52 |
| [In Front of the Transportation Building] | 53 |
CHAPTER V.—THE MIDWAY PLAISANCE |
| [In Cairo Street] | 54 |
| [A Suggestion of the “Plaisance”] | 55 |
| [The Kodaker] | 55 |
| [Morning, Outside Main Entrance] | 56 |
| [Chair-boys at Work!] | 56 |
| [“Puck” Building] | 57 |
| [The Water-wheel in the Javanese Village] | 58 |
| [The Javanese Musicians] | 59 |
| [The Javanese Baby] | 60 |
| [“The Man Stood up Beside Her, and They were Photographed Together”] | 61 |
| [“He was Lazily Sunning Himself”] | 61 |
| [A Young Lady from Java] | 62 |
| [A Kodak Permit] | 62 |
| [The “Donkey-boys”] | 63 |
| [An Arab Street-sweeper] | 64 |
| [Philip Rodman’s Card] | 64 |
| [In Cairo Street] | 65 |
| [The Soudanese Baby] | 66 |
| [The Flower-girl] | 67 |
| [“‘He Laughs Best who Laughs Last’”] | 68 |
| [In Cairo Street] | 69 |
CHAPTER VI.—THE MIDWAY PLAISANCE (Continued) |
| [The Ferris Wheel] | 70 |
| [The Performing Bear] | 71 |
| [Old Vienna] | 72 |
| [Going into the Cars of the Ferris Wheel] | 73 |
| [From the Ferris Wheel—Looking East] | 74 |
| [From the Ferris Wheel—Looking West] | 75 |
| [A View Through the Ferris Wheel] | 76 |
| [Looking Up at the Ferris Wheel] | 77 |
| [A View Taken at Full Speed on the Ice Railway] | 78 |
| [A Sleeping Lioness] | 79 |
| [Meal-time] | 79 |
| [Sketch of a Tiger] | 80 |
| [Young Lion Asleep] | 80 |
| [A Lion’s Head] | 81 |
| [The Polar Bear] | 82 |
| [The Lion King] | 82 |
| [A Tiger on a Tricycle] | 82 |
| [A Tiger on a Ball] | 83 |
| [Head of a Lioness] | 83 |
CHAPTER VII.—THE STATE AND NATIONAL BUILDINGS |
| [“A Bubble of Light.” The Dome of the Horticultural Building by Night] | 84 |
| [A Greeting from the British Lion] | 85 |
| [The Century Co’s Room in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building] | 86 |
| [Victoria House] | 88 |
| [India House] | 89 |
| [The Massachusetts State Building] | 90 |
| [The New York State Building] | 91 |
| [The Ohio State Building] | 92 |
| [The California State Building] | 93 |
| [A Group of Eskimo] | 94 |
| [Eskimo Woman and Children] | 94 |
| [Eskimo Group with Snow House] | 95 |
| [The Eskimo and Their Dogs] | 95 |
| [“The Sleep of the Flowers”—A Bas-relief on the Horticultural Building] | 96 |
| [General View of the Horticultural Building] | 97 |
CHAPTER VIII.—THE CHILDREN’S AND THE WOMAN’S BUILDINGS |
| [An Unframed Picture] | 98 |
| [A Chair-load] | 99 |
| [The Children’s Building] | 100 |
| [The Gymnasium: Children’s Building] | 101 |
| [The Library: Children’s Building] | 103 |
| [Teaching the Deaf: Children’s Building] | 104 |
| [The Nursery: Children’s Building] | 105 |
| [The Top of the Woman’s Building] | 106 |
| [The Woman’s Building] | 107 |
| [Harry’s Card] | 108 |
| [Philip’s Weight-ticket] | 109 |
| [An Umbrella Exhibit] | 110 |
| [The Life-saving Boat] | 111 |
CHAPTER IX.—THE MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING |
| [Just from the Ranch] | 112 |
| [A Distorting Mirror] | 113 |
| [General View of Building for Manufactures and the Liberal Arts] | 114 |
| [Porch of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building] | 115 |
| [Another View of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building] | 116 |
| [From a Window in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, Looking Northwest] | 117 |
| [The Arts of War: A Mural Painting in One of the Porches of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building] | 118 |
| [One of the Domes of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. Painted by J. Carroll Beckwith] | 119 |
| [Part of Group above Main Entrance of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building] | 120 |
| [“—And the Cat Came Back”] | 122 |
| [A Japanese Carving] | 122 |
| [The Hunters’ Camp] | 123 |
| [Interior of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building—Showing the Elevators] | 124 |
| [The Fire-boat “Fire Queen”] | 125 |
| [The Roof-walk, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building] | 126 |
CHAPTER X.—THE FINE ARTS BUILDING |
| [In the Art Gallery] | 127 |
| [An Artist’s View of the Fine Arts Building] | 128 |
| [An Interior View of the Dome of the Fine Arts Building] | 129 |
| [A View of the Fine Arts Building from near the New York State Building] | 130 |
| [In Front of the Fine Arts Building] | 131 |
| [Boy with a Dove: Carving in Ivory by Asahi Hatsu] | 132 |
| [“Little Nell,” from a Group, “Dickens and Little Nell,” by F. Edwin Elwell] | 133 |
| [A Part of the Great Painting, “The Flagellants,” by Carl Marr] | 135 |
| [“The Mother.” Painted by Alice D. Kellogg] | 136 |
| [A Fellow-critic] | 137 |
| [The Grandmother of the Swedish Artist Zorn. From the Original Carving in Birch-wood (six inches high) by Zorn] | 138 |
| [The Caravels] | 140 |
CHAPTER XI.—THE AGRICULTURAL AND THE MACHINERY BUILDINGS |
| [Part of Louisiana Gateway] | 141 |
| [The Agricultural Building—Toward Evening] | 142 |
| [Agricultural Building, North Front, Seen from the Grand Basin] | 144 |
| [Japanese Jars and Box] | 145 |
| [One of the Panels (“Summer”) in the Portico of the Agricultural Building. Painted by George W. Maynard] | 145 |
| [Great Central Porch of Agricultural Building] | 146 |
| [Portico of the Agricultural Building] | 147 |
| [The Connecting Screen of Corridors between the Machinery and Agricultural Buildings] | 148 |
| [Figure in Window-frame of Machinery Hall] | 149 |
| [Machinery Hall] | 149 |
| [A Suggestion of the “Wild West”—Remington’s Famous Picture, “The Bucking Bronco”] | 150 |
| [An Aboriginal] | 151 |
| [A Syrian Acrobat] | 152 |
| [A Cowboy] | 153 |
CHAPTER XII.—THE CITY OF CHICAGO |
| [A Chicago Street] | 154 |
| [Fort Dearborn (Chicago, 1804–1816)] | 155 |
| [Memorial Building, on the Site where the Great Fire Started] | 155 |
| [Driveways of the Grand Boulevard] | 156 |
| [Map showing the Park System of Chicago] | 157 |
| [View on State Street, Looking Northward from Madison Street] | 158 |
| [The City Hall, Chicago] | 159 |
| [The Post-office] | 159 |
| [House of John Kinzie, the First White Settler] | 160 |
| [The Auditorium, Michigan Avenue and Congress Street] | 161 |
| [The Art Institute, Michigan Avenue] | 161 |
| [The Woman’s Temple, La Salle and Monroe Streets] | 161 |
| [Masonic Temple, State and Randolph Streets] | 161 |
| [The Lake-shore Drive] | 162 |
| [View on Michigan Avenue, Chicago] | 163 |
| [The Rookery and the Board of Trade Building] | 164 |
| [A Street Bridge across the Chicago River, Swung Open for the Passage of Boats] | 165 |
| [Fishing for Perch from the Breakwater, Chicago] | 166 |
| [The Great Fire at Chicago, October, 1871] | 167 |
| [The Whaleback, Upper Deck] | 168 |
| [The Whaleback, Lower Deck] | 168 |
| [The Whaleback] | 169 |
CHAPTER XIII.—THE FISHERIES AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS |
| [General View of Fisheries Pavilion] | 170 |
| [An Ornament on the Fisheries Building] | 171 |
| [Capital in Fisheries Building] | 172 |
| [Skeleton of a Whale] | 173 |
| [Flying-fish] | 173 |
| [A Fishing-boat: Group in Government Building] | 174 |
| [Model of a Group of Indian Metal-workers, in the Government Building] | 175 |
| [Model of an Indian Warrior: Government Building] | 176 |
| [Model of a Group of Zuñis: Government Building] | 177 |
| [Army Wagons, War Department, Government Building] | 178 |
| [Guns, Torpedoes, and Flags: Government Building] | 179 |
| [The World’s Fair Post-office: Government Building] | 180 |
| [An Old-fashioned Mail-coach: Government Building] | 180 |
| [“Furthest North”: Government Building] | 181 |
| [The Big Tree: Government Building] | 182 |
| [Ordnance Department, United States Army] | 183 |
| [Mail-sledge and Dogs: Government Building] | 184 |
| [The Japanese “House of the Phœnix” on the Wooded Island] | 185 |
| [Portrait of Columbus, by Lorenzo Lotto, 1512] | 186 |
CHAPTER XIV.—THE CONVENT AND THE CLIFF-DWELLERS |
| [An Ancient Caravel] | 187 |
| [The Original Convent of La Rábida, in Spain] | 188 |
| [The Convent of La Rábida at the Fair] | 189 |
| [Cell of the Prior Marchena in the Original Convent,—the “Columbus Room” in the Model at the Fair] | 190 |
| [House in Genoa, said to be the Birthplace of Columbus] | 191 |
| [Departure of Columbus on his Voyage to America. (In the Convent of La Rábida)] | 193 |
| [A Lamp] | 194 |
| [A Bear] | 194 |
| [Harry’s Restoration of a Cliff-Dweller] | 194 |
| [The Cliff-Dwellers’ Mound] | 195 |
| [View Looking South from the Top of the Woman’s Building—by Moonlight] | 196 |
CHAPTER XV.—THE ELECTRICITY AND THE MINING BUILDINGS |
| [The Electricity Building] | 198 |
| [Porch of Electricity Building] | 199 |
| [Statue of Benjamin Franklin at the Main Entrance of the Electricity Building] | 201 |
| [Model of a Lake Superior Copper-Mine: Mining Building] | 202 |
| [Mines and Mining Building] | 203 |
| [An Exhibit of Rails: Mining Building] | 204 |
| [Twisted Iron: Mining Building] | 205 |
| [South Porch of Mines Building] | 207 |
CHAPTER XVI.—THE TRANSPORTATION BUILDING |
| [The “Golden Doorway” and Part of the Transportation Building—on a Quiet Afternoon] | 208 |
| [The Crowd Coming in with Lunches] | 209 |
| [Figure of Brakeman, Transportation Building] | 210 |
| [Bit of Ornament, Transportation Building] | 211 |
| [The “Golden Doorway,” Transportation Building] | 213 |
| [A Section of a Steamship] | 215 |
| [The “De Witt Clinton” Train] | 216 |
| [The “John Bull” Train] | 217 |
| [Interior of a Pullman Car] | 218 |
| [Model of the British Battle-ship “Victoria”] | 219 |
CHAPTER XVII.—THE MIDWAY PLAISANCE AGAIN |
| [In the Lapland Village] | 220 |
| [A Boy from Johore] | 221 |
| [The Venetian Glass-blowers] | 222 |
| [Little Dahomey Boy, and His Playthings] | 223 |
| [An Actor in the Chinese Theater] | 224 |
| [A Chinese Mama and Her Baby] | 225 |
| [Interior of the Java Theater] | 226 |
| [The South Sea Islanders] | 227 |
| [A Pass for the South Sea Island Village] | 228 |
| [The Algerian Theater] | 229 |
| [One of the Two Irish Villages] | 230 |
CHAPTER XVIII.—PHILIP’S ADVENTURE |
| [A Kodaker Caught] | 232 |
| [Registering in New York State Building] | 233 |
| [Along the Lake] | 234 |
| [The Dark-room] | 235 |
| [Lunching Outdoors] | 236 |
| [Wonderful!] | 237 |
CHAPTER XIX.—MR. DOUGLASS’S REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE |
| [The Ferris Wheel, from “Old Vienna”] | 238 |
| [A Glimpse of the Horticultural Dome] | 240 |
| [The Fisheries Building, from across the Lagoon] | 241 |
| [At a Drinking-fountain] | 242 |
| [A Little Visitor] | 243 |
| [The 194,000,000 Candle-power Search-light] | 245 |
| [In the Midway Plaisance] | 246 |
