Table of Contents

       Dedication

       The Steeple-Climber

       I. In which We Make the Acquaintance of "Steeple Bob"

       II. How They Blew Off the Top of a Steeple with Dynamite

       III. The Greatest Danger to a Steeple-Climber Lies in Being Startled

       IV. Experience of an Amateur Climbing to a Steeple-Top

       The Deep-Sea Diver

       I. Some First Impressions of Men Who Go Down Under the Sea

       II. A Visit to the Burying-Ground of Wrecks

       III. An Afternoon of Story-Telling on the Steam-Pump "Dunderberg"

       IV. Wherein We Meet Sharks, Alligators, and a Very Tough Problem in Wrecking

       V. In which the Author Puts on a Diving-Suit and Goes Down to a Wreck

       The Balloonist

       I. Here We Visit a Balloon Farm and Talk, with the Man Who Runs It

       II. Which Treats of Experiments in Steering Balloons

       III. Something About Explosive Balloons and the Wonders of Hydrogen

       IV. The Story of a Boy Who Ran Away in a Big Balloon

       The Pilot

       I. Some Stirring Tales of the Sea Heard at the Pilots' Club

       II. Which Shows How Pilots on the St. Lawrence Fight the Ice-Floes

       III. Now We Watch the Men Who Shoot the Furious Rapids at Lachine

       IV. What Canadian Pilots Did in the Cataracts of the Nile

       The Bridge-Builder

       I. In which We Visit a Place of Unusual Fears and Perils

       II. The Experience of Two Novices in Balancing Along Narrow Girders and Watching the "Traveler" Gang

       III. Which Tells of Men Who have Fallen from Great Heights

       The Fireman

       I. Wherein We See a Sleeping Village Swept by a River of Fire and the Burning of a Famous Hotel

       II. What Bill Brown Did in the Great Tarrant Fire

       III. Here We Visit an Engine-House at Night and Chat with the Driver

       IV. Famous Rescues by New York Fire-Boats from Red-hot Ocean Liners

       The Aërial Acrobat

       I. Showing that it Takes More than Muscle and Skill to Work on the High Bars

       II. About Double and Triple Somersaults and the Danger of Losing Heart

       III. In which the Author Tries His Hand with Professional Trapeze Performers

       IV. Some Remarkable Falls and Narrow Escapes of Famous Athletes

       The Wild-Beast Tamer

       I. We Visit a Queer Resort for Circus People and Talk with a Trainer of Elephants

       II. Methods of Lion-Tamers and the Story of Brutus's Attack on Mr. Bostock

       III. Bonavita Describes His Fight with Seven Lions and George Arstingstall Tells How He Conquered a Mad Elephant

       IV. We See Mr. Bostock Matched Against a Wild Lion and Hear about the Tiger Rajah

       V. We Spend a Night Among Wild Beasts and See the Dangerous Lion Black Prince