HARPER'S ROUND TABLE Portrait Gallery.
Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers.

TOMB, RIVERSIDE PARK.

HARPER'S

ROUND TABLE

1896

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS

FRANKLIN SQUARE

Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers.

All rights reserved.

[INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS]

A

Adventures with Friend Paul, 1113.

Africa:—An African Stratagem, 492; Stories of Congo Discovery, 584, 585; Exploring New-found Rivers, 608, 609: The Long-vexed Question of the Mobangi-Makua River, 728, 729; A New Water Route to Central Africa, 800, 801; Adventures With Friend Paul, 1113.

Albany, Bicycle Map of, 464.

Always Spring-time, 644.

American Thormopylæ, An, 989.

American-Nights' Entertainments:—Martha Washington's Valentine, 328, 329; The Kite Masquerade, 424, 425; Easier Frolic, 504, 505; The M. S. D's., 696, 697; The Rose Festival, 768, 769; Lexington on Fourth of July, 840, 841; The Picnic, 976, 977, The Amusement Club, 1120, 1121; Halloween Fagots, 1184, 1185.

Amusement Club, The, 1120, 1121.

Andover's Sprinters, 757.

Andrée, Samuel A., the North-pole Balloonist, 256, 257; The Proposed Trip to the North Pole, 312, 313.

Animal Amenities, 596.

Apprenticeship of Arthur, The, 621.

April Fool, 548.

April Fools and April Showers, 572.

Archæological Valentine, An, 349.

Arctic Animals, The Courage and Endurance of, 432, 433, 456, 457.

Astronomy:—If We Could Move to Mars, 408, 409.

At the Turn of the Tide, 1037.

Attack of Torpedo-boat No. 5, 1157.

B

Balloonist, The North-pole, 256, 257.

Basket-ball, 793.

Battle of Brick Church, The, 597.

Battle of Easter Monday, The, 493.

Battle of Lake Champlain, The, 1193.

Bear, The Trick, and the Punching-bag, 444.

Bears:—A Peltyville Fisherman Makes a Big Catch, 100; Polo on Skates, 348; The Trick Bear and the Punching-bag, 444.

Belgian Army Playing at War, The, 1168, 1169.

Berkeley Oval, The, 613.

Berkeley Oval Football Field, The, 1221.

Berkeley School Baseball Nine, The, 957.

Berkeley School Football Team, The, 41; Berkeley School vs. Scrub, 93; Line Up of the Berkeley School Eleven, 141; Berkeley vs. Pratt-Berkeley vs. St. Paul's, 173.

Best Butter, The, 420.

Better Out Than In, 492.

Between Two Years, 849, 852, 853, 856.

Bicycle Route Maps. (See "Maps.")

Bicycles:—Oddities in Bicycles, 352, 353; The Care of a Wheel, 496-498.

Bicycling, 792.

Bicycling for Girls—Position Just Before Starting to Mount—Position Just After Starting to Mount, 4; Correct Position—Proper Arrangement of the Dress—Correct Method of Dismounting, 5.

Bird Tamers and Taming, 1089.

Bird's-nesting Adventure, A, 300.

Blind-man's-buff at Sea, 824, 825.

Blow for Cuba, A, 260.

Bobbie's Declamation, 252.

Boulevard, Building a, 480, 481.

Box of Gold in Venezuela, A, 301.

Boy of 1775, A, 469.

Boy Soldiers in Camp, The—Guard Mount, 12; The Camp—The Mess Tent, 13.

Boy Troopers, 552, 553.

Bridge of an Ocean Liner, The—After a Winter Voyage, 28; Working Up Into the Wind on a Rainy Night, 29; The Daily Observation, 30.

Brooklyn High-school Eleven, Line-up of the, 1221.

Buffalo Doll Show, The, 280, 281.

Bull-frog Dance, The, 372.

Butterflies, Catching and Mounting, 1010.

C

Camel, A Celebrated, 1060.

Camera Club, First prize Winner, The, 316.

Camping and Hunting, 1172.

Canal Locks for Ocean Steamers, 1136, 1137.

Candy-factory, Through a—Wrapping Caramels—Sugared Almonds, 112; Packing Chocolate-cream Walnuts, 113.

Cannon Projectiles, The Making of, 968, 969.

Cantilever, The Original, 788.

Cape Cod Salt-works, The, 1233.

Capture of the Slaver, The, 132.

Care of a Dog, The—Dog-house and Yard, 944; Learning to Locate a Bird, 945.

Care of a Wheel, The, 496-498.

Carlisle Indian Football Eleven, 141.

Case of Pure Pluck, A, 108.

Catching Shad for Market, 721.

Chafing-dishes, Girls and, 89, 90.

Changed Valentine, The, 360, 361.

Chariot, The Theban, 1034.

Chase of the Bonnet-bird, The, 300.

Cheltenham Military Academy Football Team, 197.

Chicago, Bicycle Map of, 960.

Chimpanzees, Clever Feats of, 928, 929.

Chinaman's Sled, The, 224.

Christmas on Majuba Station, 149.

Christmas Pie, The, 169.

Christmas Stoc-King, 204.

Circumstances Alter Cases, 304, 305.

Clever Feats of Chimpanzees, 928, 929.

Clinton, Iowa, High-school, Track-Athletic Team, The, 1005.

Close Call, A, 740.

Coming, 770.

Congo Discovery, Stories of, 584, 585.

Connecticut Team at the N.I.S.A.A. Games, 909.

Coronation Chair, Tower of London, 657.

Coronation of a Czar, The, 704.

Courage and Endurance of Arctic Animals, The, 432, 433.

Cressy's New-year's Rent, 229.

Cristobal the Catalan, 741.

Crossing the Xuacaxélla, 893, 924, 949, 972, 997.

Cruise of a Commerce-destroyer, The, 717.

Cuba, The War in, 1000, 1001.

Curling-match, A, 293, 294

D

Day with Sand-piper Snipe, Esq., A, 1016, 1017.

De Lancey School, Philadelphia, Baseball Team, 909.

Deep Voice, A, 668.

Denver in Its Early Youth, 216; To-day, 217.

Dive, Learning to, 1053, 1054.

Dog, The Care of a, 944, 945.

Doll Show, The Buffalo, 280, 281.

Drilling a Great Army in Winter, 601.

Duck, The, and the Stork, 204.

Duke of Alva's Humiliation, The, 690.

Dull Days, 1012.

E

Easter Entertainment, An—As Viewed from the Gallery, 548.

East-side Girl, The, at Play and at Work, 1096, 1097.

Educated Pig, The, and the Plum-tree, 1204.

Electric-light Outfit, A Small, 1076.

Elizabeth, Queen, Autograph of, 881.

Elk and Bluebird, 1093.

Englewood High-school Football Team, 1269.

Essex, The Earl of, and his Ring, 880, 881.

Ethel Forrester's Dream—A Play, 62, 63.

Explained, 48.

Exploring New-found Rivers, 608, 609.

F

Fairy's Floral Zoo, The, 24.

Familiar Quotations—A Play, 400, 401.

Fate of La Salle, The, 205.

Feast of King Red Coat, The, 765.

Figwart, The—A Homely Weed with Interesting Flowers, 560-562.

"Filled the Bill," 988.

Flags of the Revolution, 1243, 1244.

Flash in the Dark, A, 452.

Flowers, Riddles in, 288, 289.

"Flying Dutchman" Up to Date, The, 1013.

Football, The Science of, 1100, 1101, 1125, 1126, 1149, 1150.

Football Teams, Four:—St. Mark's School—St. John's Military Academy—Cheltenham Military Academy—Friend's School, 197.

For King or Country, 1, 25, 57, 81, 101, 104, 125, 157, 188, 213, 241, 253, 285, 309, 333, 357, 381, 405, 428, 445, 476.

Fourth of July Tragedy, A, 868.

Freys' Christmas Party, The, 152, 153, 156.

Friends' School Football Team, 197.

Froggy Lost the Race by a Fowl, How, 892.

Frogini's Restaurant, At, 836.

From Chum to Chum, 340, 364, 396, 412, 436, 468, 472, 516, 540, 564, 589, 612, 636, 647, 648, 684, 708, 732, 756, 780, 804.

Fruit growing, 904, 905.

Funny Spat, A, 620.

G

Germantown Academy Baseball Nine, The, 885.

Germantown Academy Football Team—Germantown vs. Penn Charter, 117.

Getting a Few Points in Natural History, 1132.

Gibson, W. Hamilton, Illustrations by:—The Story of the Floundering Beetle, 36, 37; Riddles of the Flowers, 288, 289; A Homely Weed with Interesting Flowers, 560, 561.

Gibson, W. Hamilton, at Work, 956.

Girl, The East-side, at Play and at Work, 1096, 1097.

Girl in Training, A, 792, 793.

Girls and Chafing-dishes, 89, 90.

Going Against the Grain, 1156.

Golf, 792.

Golf, Practical, 624, 625, 648, 649, 672, 673, 705, 720.

Good Sunday Morning's Work, A, 181.

Goosey Gander, 148.

Grind, The, 33.

Gunpowder, The Manufacture of, 776, 777.

H

Halcyon First Crew, The, St. Paul's School, 933, 957.

Halloween Fagots, 1184, 1185.

He Stirred Things Up, 1084.

Held Captive by Savages, 980.

Hibernating, 276.

Hidden Treasures of King Obani, The, 820.

Hill School Football Team, The, 70.

Homely Weed, A, with Interesting Flowers, 560-562.

Home-run in Indiana, A, 1181.

Horse Show, The Judging Ring at the, 105.

Hotchkiss School Baseball Nine, 781; Track Athletic Team, 829.

House Football Championship Cup, The, 43.

How Braddy's Brother Brought the News Home, 965.

How Hector Saved the Train, 666.

How Magic is Made, 208, 209, 411, 658, 659, 744, 745, 816, 817, 920, 921.

How the Gilt Ball Became a Weather-vane, 1252.

How to Enter the Navy, 840, 841.

How to Start in Life:—Ranching, 549, 550; Fruit-growing, 904, 905.

Hunting, Camping and, 1172.

Hunting an Anarchist, 49.

Hurdle-racing, 460.

Hyde Park High-school Football Team, 1173, 1245.

I

Ice-boat, A Home-made, Plan for, 318.

"If Flowers Had a Language," 812.

If We Could Move to Mars, 408, 409.

Imp of the Telephone, The, 16, 40, 68, 88, 116, 140, 172.

Impertinent Sparrow, An, 276.

In Front of a Spanish Cruiser, 77.

In the Old Herrick House, 1061, 1092, 1117, 1140, 1164, 1188, 1212, 1237.

In the Tower of Berkeley Manor, 32.

Inquisitive Billy and His Cousin Gibb, 837.

Interscholastic Field Day in Australia, The, 916.

Introduction, The, 988.

Irving's Story of King Arthur and the Round Table, 92.

"It is the Unexpected that Happens," 1180.

J

Jack Howard's Surprise Party, 693.

Jim Langan, Hero, 1028.

Jolly Old Salt and Kangaroo, 124.

Jonathan's Escape, 325.

Jump, The Running Broad, 341.

K

Kangaroo, The Jolly Old Salt and the, 124.

Kid in Amateur Theatricals, A, 252.

Killjoy's Bargain, 420.

King Arthur and the Round Table, Irving's Story of, 92.

Kizner's Pet Sheep, 336, 337.

L

La Salle, The Fate of, 205.

Laurie Vane, Brakeman, 9.

Lawrenceville Baseball Team, 710.

Lawrenceville Football Team, The, 17.

Lexington on Fourth of July, 844, 845.

Lightning, Photographing a Flash of, 1148.

Line-up of the Brooklyn High-school Eleven, 1221.

Little Corporals, The, 373.

Little Giant, The, 161-168.

Little Rabbit's Mistake, The, 1228.

Locks, Canal, for Ocean Steamers, 1136, 1137.

London Athletic Club Grounds, 685.

Lost His Bearings, 1132.

Lost Homer, 1205.

M

Magic is Made, How, 208, 209, 411, 658, 659, 744, 745, 816, 817, 920, 921.

Making a Broncho of It, 596.

Making of Cannon Projectiles, The, 968, 969.

Maple-sugar Making, 533.

Maps and Plans:—Bicycle Route, Boston to Gloucester and Return, 20; Boston to Newburyport, 44; Boston to New Bedford, 74; Boston to South Framingham, 96; Boston to Lynn and Return, 122; Boston to Lowell and Return, 144; Boston to Nantasket, 176; Boston Circuit Bicycle Course, 200; Philadelphia to Compassville, Pennsylvania, 224; Compassville to York, Penn., 248; York to Westminster, Penn., 274; Diagram of a Curling-rink, 294; Westminster, Penn., to Baltimore, Md., 296; Baltimore to Cooksville, Md., 320; Cooksville, Md., to Washington. D. C., 344; Washington, D. C., 368; Albany, N. Y., 464; Albany, N. Y., to Fonda, N. Y., 488; Fonda, N. Y., to Utica, N. Y., 520; Utica, N. Y., to Syracuse, N. Y., 544; Syracuse, N. Y., to Lyons, N. Y., 568; The Congo Basin, 584; Lyons, N. Y., to Rochester, N. Y., 592; Rochester, N. Y., to Batavia, N. Y., 616; Batavia, N. Y., to Buffalo, N. Y., 640; Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to Newtown, Conn., 712; Newtown, Conn., to Hartford, Conn., 736; New Haven, Conn., to Hartford, Conn., 760; Hartford, Conn., to Holyoke, Mass., 785; Hartford, Conn., to Canaan, Conn., 808; Canaan, Conn., to Pittsfield, Mass., 832; Hudson, N. Y., to Pittsfield, Mass., 864; Chicago, 960; Waukesha to Oconomowoc, Wis., 984; Chicago to Waukesha, Wis., First Stage, 1008; Second Stage, 1032; Third Stage, 1056; Waukesha, Wis., to Milwaukee, Wis., 1080; Chicago, Ill., to Joliet, Ill., 1128; Joliet, Ill., to Ottawa, Ill., 1152.

Mars, If We Could Move to, 408, 409.

"Martian, The," Illustration from, 1250.

Mary Kent on Deck, 796.

May-day Play, A, 632, 633.

Middle Daughter, The, 240, 261, 284, 308, 332, 356.

Milwaukee East Side High-school Athletic Team, 885.

Mobangi-Makua River, The Long-vexed Question of the, 728, 729.

Modern Labyrinth, A, 185.

Morro Castle, 1040, 1041.

Mother Goose and Some of Her Characters, 196.

Mother-in-law to the Crew, 573.

Mysteries of Stage Scenery, 384, 385.

N

N.I.S.A.A. Games, 861, 862.

N.Y.I.S.A.A. Team at the National Games, 1077.

Natural History:—The Story of the Floundering Beetle, 36, 37; Riddles in Flowers, 288, 289.

Navy, How to Enter the, 840, 841.

Necessity is the Mother of Invention, 964.

New Life, A, 84, 85, 109, 111, 128, 129.

New Water Route to Central Africa, A, 800, 801.

New York Interscholastic Athletic Association Games, The, 733, 734.

New York's Defences on the Sound—A Mortar Battery—American Navy Proceeding Up East River, 528; The Enemy's Fleet Approaching, 529.

New-found Rivers, Exploring, 608, 609.

North Pole, The Proposed Trip to the, 312, 313.

North-pole Balloonist, The, 256, 257.

Not Strange, 716.

O

Oakland High-school Athletic Team, 829.

Ocean Greyhound, What it Means to Run an, 264, 265.

Ocean Liner, The Bridge of an, 28-30.

Oddities in Bicycles, 352, 353.

Old Hammer-the-Rocks, 1068.

Old Offenders, 692.

"Old-field" School-girl, An, 536, 537, 556, 580, 604, 628, 652, 676, 700, 724, 748, 762.

Once in a Thousand Years, 525.

One-mile Walk, The, 637.

Original Cantilever, The, 788.

Our Submarine Torpedo-boat, 236, 237.

Out of Sight, but—, 524.

Outlaw, An, 869.

P

Patty's Station, 404.

Peltyville Fisherman Makes a Big Catch, A, 100.

Pets, Queer, of Sailor Jack, 872, 873, 896, 897.

Philadelphia Interscholastic Relay Races, The, 661.

Phillips Andover Baseball Team, 805.

Photographing a Flash of Lightning, 1148.

Photography, Amateur—The Camera Club First-prize Winners, 316.

Picnic, The, 976, 977.

Pig, The Educated, and the Plum-tree, 1204.