Chapter I: Front Matter

Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers.]

HARPER'S

ROUND TABLE

1896

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS

FRANKLIN SQUARE

Copyright, 1896, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

_All rights reserved._

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

A

Adventures with Friend Paul, 1113.

AFRICA:--An African Stratagem, 492; Stories of Congo Discovery, 584, 585; Exploring New-found Rivers, 608, 609: The Long-vexed Question of the Mobangi-Makua River, 728, 729; A New Water Route to Central Africa, 800, 801; Adventures With Friend Paul, 1113.

Albany, Bicycle Map of, 464.

Always Spring-time, 644.

American Thormopylæ, An, 989.

AMERICAN-NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS:--Martha Washington's Valentine, 328, 329; The Kite Masquerade, 424, 425; Easier Frolic, 504, 505; The M. S. D's., 696, 697; The Rose Festival, 768, 769; Lexington on Fourth of July, 840, 841; The Picnic, 976, 977, The Amusement Club, 1120, 1121; Halloween Fagots, 1184, 1185.

Amusement Club, The, 1120, 1121.

Andover's Sprinters, 757.

Andrée, Samuel A., the North-pole Balloonist, 256, 257; The Proposed Trip to the North Pole, 312, 313.

Animal Amenities, 596.

Apprenticeship of Arthur, The, 621.

April Fool, 548.

April Fools and April Showers, 572.

Archæological Valentine, An, 349.

Arctic Animals, The Courage and Endurance of, 432, 433, 456, 457.

ASTRONOMY:--If We Could Move to Mars, 408, 409.

At the Turn of the Tide, 1037.

Attack of Torpedo-boat No. 5, 1157.

B

Balloonist, The North-pole, 256, 257.

Basket-ball, 793.

Battle of Brick Church, The, 597.

Battle of Easter Monday, The, 493.

Battle of Lake Champlain, The, 1193.

Bear, The Trick, and the Punching-bag, 444.

BEARS:--A Peltyville Fisherman Makes a Big Catch, 100; Polo on Skates, 348; The Trick Bear and the Punching-bag, 444.

Belgian Army Playing at War, The, 1168, 1169.

Berkeley Oval, The, 613.

Berkeley Oval Football Field, The, 1221.

Berkeley School Baseball Nine, The, 957.

Berkeley School Football Team, The, 41; Berkeley School _vs._ Scrub, 93; Line Up of the Berkeley School Eleven, 141; Berkeley _vs._ Pratt-Berkeley _vs._ St. Paul's, 173.

Best Butter, The, 420.

Better Out Than In, 492.

Between Two Years, 849, 852, 853, 856.

Bicycle Route Maps. (See "Maps.")

BICYCLES:--Oddities in Bicycles, 352, 353; The Care of a Wheel, 496-498.

Bicycling, 792.

Bicycling for Girls--Position Just Before Starting to Mount--Position Just After Starting to Mount, 4; Correct Position--Proper Arrangement of the Dress--Correct Method of Dismounting, 5.

Bird Tamers and Taming, 1089.

Bird's-nesting Adventure, A, 300.

Blind-man's-buff at Sea, 824, 825.

Blow for Cuba, A, 260.

Bobbie's Declamation, 252.

Boulevard, Building a, 480, 481.

Box of Gold in Venezuela, A, 301.

Boy of 1775, A, 469.

Boy Soldiers in Camp, The--Guard Mount, 12; The Camp--The Mess Tent, 13.

Boy Troopers, 552, 553.

Bridge of an Ocean Liner, The--After a Winter Voyage, 28; Working Up Into the Wind on a Rainy Night, 29; The Daily Observation, 30.

Brooklyn High-school Eleven, Line-up of the, 1221.

Buffalo Doll Show, The, 280, 281.

Bull-frog Dance, The, 372.

Butterflies, Catching and Mounting, 1010.