IX THE MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING — A RAINY DAY — A SYSTEMATIC START — “IRISH DAY” — HARRY STRIKES — SOME MINOR EXHIBITS — THE FEW THINGS THEY SAW — THE ELEVATOR TO THE ROOF 113 X PHILIP AT THE ART GALLERIES — THE USUAL DISCOURAGEMENT — WALKING HOME — THE “SANTA MARIA” UNDER SAIL 127 XI GOING AFTER LETTERS — THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING — MACHINERY HALL — LUNCH AT THE HOTEL — HARRY’S PROPOSAL — BUFFALO BILL’S GREAT SHOW 141 XII THE TALLY-HO — HOW IT DASHED ALONG — THE PARKS ALONG THE LAKE — CHICAGO — THE AUDITORIUM AND OTHER SKY-DWELLERS — THE WHALEBACK 155 XIII PHILIP’S DAY — VISITS THE PHOTOGRAPHIC DARK-ROOM — THE FISHERIES BUILDING — THE AQUARIA — FISHING METHODS — THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING — THE JAPANESE TEA-HOUSE 171 XIV THE CONVENT OF LA RÁBIDA — OLD BOOKS AND CHARTS — PAINTINGS — A FORTUNATE GLIMPSE OF THE “SANTA MARIA” — PORTRAITS OF COLUMBUS — THE CLIFF-DWELLERS — CHEAP SOUVENIRS — WORLD’S FAIRS IN GENERAL 187 XV THE ELECTRICITY BUILDING — SMALL BEGINNINGS — A NEW SOUVENIR — THE CURIOUS EXHIBITS — TELEPHONES AND COLORED LIGHTS — THE TELAUTOGRAPH — TELEGRAPHY — MINES AND MINING — A PUZZLED GUARD 197 XVI THE “GOLDEN DOORWAY” — TRANSPORTATION BUILDING — AN ENDLESS ARRAY — BICYCLES, BOATS, AND BULLOCK-WAGONS — THE ANNEX — THE RAILROAD EXHIBITS 209 XVII A RAINY DAY — THE PLAISANCE AGAIN — THE GLASS-WORKS — THE GERMAN VILLAGE — THE IRISH VILLAGE — FAREWELL TO THE PHANTOM CITY 221 XVIII PACKING FOR HOME — A GLIMPSE OF NIAGARA — PHILIP TELLS HIS ADVENTURE — FOILING A CLEVER SWINDLER — A CONVINCING EXPOSURE 231 XIX MR. DOUGLASS HAS A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE 239 [Illustration: PORTION OF FRIEZE, HORTICULTURAL HALL.] [Illustration: 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