PAGE A “White Star” Liner crossing the Atlantic. _Frontispiece._ The Steerage of an Atlantic Steamship Forty Years ago 4 At Dinner in the First‐class Dining Saloon of an 9 Atlantic Steamship during a Storm New York Bay, looking across to Staten Island 12 A Pullman Railway Car 16 Madison Street, Chicago 17 On the Pacific Railway: a Scene in the Sierra Nevada 20 Mountains Camp Douglas Garrison, near Salt Lake City 24 A Street in Salt Lake City 25 On the Pacific Railway; the Interior of a Snow‐Shed 29 in the Sierra Nevada A Cricket‐match on Board Ship 33 Leaving the Coast of California 36 A Street in Japan 41 The Custom House, Shanghai 44 View of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands _To face page_ 45 The Volcanoes of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, Sandwich 49 Islands (from the Sea) View in Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia 53 “The passengers were let down by ropes” 57 The Rescue from the St. Lawrence River 60 Pearl Oyster (_Meleagrina margaritifera_) 68 Diving for Pearls 69 Coral 72 Coral Island 72 Coral Fishing 73 Sponge Fishing off the Coast of Greece. _To face page_ 77 Sponge, Growing 77 A Diver at Work (with Submarine Lamp) 80 Divers Attacked by a Sword Fish 84 Divers at Work 85 Chart of the Atlantic Ocean 88 Waves off the Cape of Good Hope 89 Whirlpool of Corrievreckan, off the Hebrides 93 “The Souffleur,” Island of Mauritius 96 A Ship Sailing in Phosphorescent Sea. _To face page_ 97 Phosphorescence on the Surface of the Sea 97 Section of the First Atlantic Cable 100 Exterior and Section of the 1865 Atlantic Cable 101