E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Stephen H. Sentoff, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 34765-h.htm or 34765-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/34765/pg34765-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/34765/34765-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://www.archive.org/details/storyofatlantict00fielrich THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH by HENRY M. FIELD * * * * * DR. FIELD'S BOOKS OF TRAVEL. FROM THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY TO THE GOLDEN HORN. Crown 8vo, $2.00. FROM EGYPT TO JAPAN. Crown 8vo, $2.00. ON THE DESERT. Crown 8vo, $2.00. AMONG THE HOLY HILLS. With a map. Crown 8vo, $1.50. THE GREEK ISLANDS, and Turkey after the War. With illustrations and maps. Crown 8vo, $1.50. OLD SPAIN AND NEW SPAIN. With map. Crown 8vo, $1.50. BRIGHT SKIES AND DARK SHADOWS. With maps. Crown 8vo, $1.50 _The set, 7 vols., in a box, $12.00._ OUR WESTERN ARCHIPELAGO. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $2.00. THE BARBARY COAST. Illustrated. Crown 8vo, $2.00. GIBRALTAR. Illustrated. Small 4to, $2.00. THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.50. * * * * * [Illustration: Cyrus W. Field.] THE STORY OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH by HENRY M. FIELD "Since the discovery of Columbus, nothing has been done in any degree comparable to the vast enlargement which has thus been given to the sphere of human activity." --THE TIMES, August 6th, 1858. New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1898 Copyright, 1892, by Henry M. Field. Press of J. J. Little & Co. Astor Place, New York PREFACE