The Century World's Fair Book for Boys and Girls / Being the Adventures of Harry and Philip with Their Tutor, Mr. Douglass, at the World's Columbian Exposition

PEDIMENT OF WOMAN’S BUILDING.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	PAGE
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

The Century World's Fair Book for Boys and Girls / Being the Adventures of Harry and Philip with Their Tutor, Mr. Douglass, at the World's Columbian Exposition

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