The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

Table of Contents

Page
[Short Stories.]419
[Whale v. Sharks.]419
[A Battle in Mid-air.]422
[Up in a Balloon.]425
[Some “Freak” Memorials.]428
[DOWN THE CHUTE: A Miner’s Extraordinary Experience.]436
[Where Women Wear Trousers.]443
[Retribution.]451
[Mountain Tragedies of the Lake District.]457
[Cupid and the Dentist.]464
[My Experiences in Algeria.]469
[I.—MY ADVENTURES IN ‘FRISCO.]476
[II.—A Sharp Lesson.]480
[III.—“Seeing It Out.”]485
[In the Land of the Reindeer.]489
[“Tapu.”]497
[The Finches’ Festival.]503
[The Fight at The A-T Ranch.]509
[THE WIDE WORLD: In Other Magazines]515
[Odds and Ends.]516

“WILLIAMS LASHED AT THE BIRD WITH HIS STICK.”
([SEE PAGE 424.])

The Wide World Magazine.

Vol. XXII. FEBRUARY, 1909. No. 131.