THE WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY OF TRUE NARRATIVE ADVENTURE TRAVEL CUSTOMS AND SPORT +Vol. XXII.+ OCTOBER TO MARCH 1909 "TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION" _LONDON:_ _GEORGE NEWNES, LTD. SOUTHAMPTON ST. STRAND_ INDEX. PAGE AIRSHIP, ACROSS AMERICA BY _Arthur Inkersley._ 216 Illustrations from Photographs. ALASKAN CHRISTMAS, MY _W. E. Priestley._ 299 Illustrations by Inglis Sheldon-Williams and from Photographs and Facsimiles. ALGERIA, MY EXPERIENCES IN _The Baroness de Boerio._ 292, 377, 469 Illustrations by Gordon Browne, R. I., and from Photographs. AT RANCH, THE FIGHT AT THE _Frank Bransted._ 509 Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. BARRACOLA, THE CAPTURE OF ANTONIO _Stephen Norman._ 91 Illustrations by Charles M. Sheldon. BEARS, WHEN "TENDERFEET" GO HUNTING-- +An Evening Call+ _Ernest Law._ 580 Illustrations by H. Sandham and from a Photograph. +Two "Greenhorns" and a Bear+ _A. Wright._ 582 Illustrations by H. Sandham and from a Photograph. +A Nightmare Adventure+ _G. Bennett._ 584 Illustration by H. Sandham. BEULAH COUNTY "WAR," THE _H. M. Vernon._ 315 Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood and from a Photograph. BILLIARD-CUE, ROUND THE WORLD WITH A _Melbourne Inman._ 573 Illustrations by G. L. Stampa and from Photographs and a Facsimile. BRIGAND, EL VIVILLO, THE _Jose Mondego._ 3 Illustrations by W. R. S. Stott and from Photographs. CANNIBAL-LAND, A WHITE WOMAN IN _Annie Ker._ 171, 278, 372 Illustrations from Photographs. CHASE ON RECORD, THE LONGEST _Vincent M. Hemming._ 601 Illustrations by J. Finnemore, R. I. CLIMBING IN THE "LAND OF FIRE" _Sir Martin Conway._ 145 Illustrations from Photographs. CREEK, THE LAST _John Mackie._ 550 Illustrations by Norman H. Hardy. CROSSING THE RIVER _J. T. Newnham-Williams._ 238 Illustrations by W. R. S. Stott. CUPID AND THE DENTIST _Dr. Paul S. Coleman._ 464 Illustrations by W. R. S. Stott. DALTON, MY FRIEND _Harry de Windt._ 538 Illustrations by Charles M. Sheldon and from a Photograph. DOCTOR TOLD, THE TALE THE _Stanley L. Wood._ 273 Illustrations by the Author. DOLPHIN-HUNTING _Victor Forbin._ 161 Illustrations from Photographs.