| CHAPTER I. | Page 1 |
| Discovery of the New World by Columbus. Relative Position of the Two Hemispheres. Nearest Points—The Outlying Islands, Ireland and Newfoundland. Shorter Route to Europe suggested by Bishop Mullock. The Electric Telegraph Company of Newfoundland. Project of Mr. F. N. Gisborne. Failure of the Company |
| CHAPTER II. | Page 15 |
| Mr. Gisborne comes to New York. Is introduced to Cyrus W. Field, who conceives the Idea of a Telegraph across the Atlantic Ocean. Is it Practicable? Two Elements to be mastered, the Sea and the Electric Current. Letters of Lieutenant Maury and Professor Morse |
| CHAPTER III. | Page 24 |
| Mr. Field enlists Capitalists in the Enterprise. Commission to Newfoundland to obtain a Charter. The New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company |
| CHAPTER IV. | Page 38 |
| The Land-Line in Newfoundland. Four Hundred Miles of Road to be built, a Work of Two Years. Attempt to lay a Cable across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in 1855, fails. A Second Attempt, in 1856, is successful |
| CHAPTER V. | Page 51 |
| Deep-Sea Soundings by Lieutenant Berryman in the Dolphin in 1853, and the Arctic in 1856, and by Commander Dayman, of the British Navy, in the Cyclops, in 1857. The Bed of the Atlantic. The Telegraphic Plateau |
| CHAPTER VI. | Page 69 |
| Mr. Field in London. The English Engineers and Electricians. Result of Experiments. The Atlantic Telegraph Company organized. Applies to the Government for Aid. Contract for a Cable |
| CHAPTER VII. | Page 91 |
| Mr. Field returns to America. Seeks Aid from the Government. Opposition in Congress. Bill passed |
| CHAPTER VIII. | Page 112 |
| Return to England. The Niagara—Captain Hudson. The Agamemnon. Expedition of 1857 sails from Ireland. Speech of the Earl of Carlisle. The Cable broken |
| CHAPTER IX. | Page 142 |
| Preparations for an Expedition in 1858. Mr. Field is made the General Manager of the Company. The Squadron assemble at Plymouth, and put to Sea, June 10. New Method of laying Cable, beginning in Mid-Ocean. The Agamemnon in Danger of being Foundered. The Cable lost Three Times. The Ships return to England. Meeting of the Directors. Shall they abandon the Project? One Last Effort |
| CHAPTER X. | Page 165 |
| Second Expedition Successful. Cable landed in Ireland and Newfoundland |
| CHAPTER XI. | Page 188 |
| Great Excitement in America. Celebration in New York and other Cities |
| CHAPTER XII. | Page 213 |
| Sudden Stoppage of the Cable. Reaction of Public Feeling. Suspicions of Bad Faith. Did the Cable ever work? |
| CHAPTER XIII. | Page 229 |
| Attempts to revive the Company. The Government asked for Aid, but declines to give an Unconditional Guarantee. Failure of the Red Sea Telegraph. Scientific Experiments. Cables laid in the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. Brief History of the next Five Years |
| CHAPTER XIV. | Page 241 |
| The Enterprise renewed. Improvement on the Old Cable. The Great Eastern and Captain Anderson. Expedition of 1865. Twelve Hundred Miles laid safely, when the Cable is broken |
| CHAPTER XV. | Page 293 |
STORY OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH
