STOOD ON MY SHOULDERS" 12

"SOMETIMES IN HARD PLACES YOU HAVE TO THROW YOUR NOOSES
AROUND THE SHAFT" 16

PICTURE OF THE FALLING STEEPLE, PHOTOGRAPHED JUST AFTER
THE DYNAMITE EXPLODED. THE FALLING SECTION WAS 35
FEET IN LENGTH AND WEIGHED 35 TONS 20

LOOKING FROM THE GROUND UPWARD AT ST. PAUL'S SPIRE,
BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY 25

GILDING A CHURCH CROSS, ABOVE NEW YORK CITY 30

HOW THE STEEPLE-CLIMBER GOES UP A FLAGPOLE 37

PORTRAIT OF A DIVER. DRAWN FROM LIFE 43

"THE DIVER'S HELMET SHOWED LIKE THE BACK OF A BIG TURTLE" 46

DIVER STANDING ON SUNKEN COAL BARGE 51

THE MEN AT WORK WITH THE AIR-PUMP 57

"I STAYED DOWN UNTIL THAT CHAIN WAS UNDER THE SHAFT" 60

THE MAN WHO ATTENDS TO THE DIVER'S SIGNALS 65

A DIVER AT WORK ON A STEAMBOAT'S PROPELLER 75

THE AUTHOR GOING DOWN IN A DIVER'S SUIT 80

THE AUTHOR AFTER HIS FIRST DIVE. THE FACE-PLATE HAS BEEN
UNSCREWED FROM THE HELMET 83

"BALLOON-CLOTH BY HUNDREDS OF YARDS" 88

"FIELDS THAT LOOK LIKE AN ESKIMO VILLAGE" 89

"A PAIR OF GREAT WINGS MADE OF FEATHERS AND SILK--WHICH,
ALAS! WOULD NEVER FLY" 91

PROFESSOR MYERS IN HIS "SKYCYCLE" 93

HOW THE EARTH LOOKS WHEN VIEWED FROM A HEIGHT OF ONE MILE.
(Photographed from a Balloon.) 96

MME. CARLOTTA STEERING A BALLOON BY TIPPING THE FOOT-BOARD 100

"IN SPITE OF ALL THEIR SKILL THESE INDIANS FOUND
THEMSELVES PRESENTLY LIFTED INTO THE AIR, CANOES AND
ALL" 103

MME. CARLOTTA CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM ANOTHER BALLOONIST
THREE MILES AWAY 107

A BALLOON-PICNIC AT THE AERONAUTS' HOME 112

"STEVENS CAME DOWN ONCE WITH A PARACHUTE TWO MILES OUT IN
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN--AND WAS PROMPTLY RESCUED" 119

THE RESCUE OF THE "OREGON'S" PASSENGERS 132