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The Problems of a Pacific Cable

by Herbert Laws Webb

Scribners, February 1900, pp. 229-236

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    January 1900 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Oliver Cromwell by Theodore Roosevelt, pp. 3-28
    2. Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie, pp. 29-43
    3. The Walk Up-Town by Jesse Lynch Williams, pp. 44-60
    4. A Life for a Life by Howard Pyle, pp. 61-75
    5. White Man and Brown Man in the Philippines by Frederick Palmer, pp. 76-86
    6. The Coming of the Snow by Frederic Irland, pp. 87-92
    7. The Poetic Cabarets of Paris by Eliot Gregory, pp. 93-98
    8. The Great Good Place by Henry James, pp. 99-111
    9. New Year's, 1900 by Edward S. Martin, p. 112
    10. How Toomey Willed His Government Job by Robert Shackleton, pp. 113-120
    11. Point of View, pp. 121-122
    12. New York as a Place to Live in , pp. 123-124
    13. Field of Art, pp. 125-129
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    February 1900 Issue = 13 Articles
    1. Oliver Cromwell by Theodore Roosevelt, pp. 129-156
    2. Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie, pp. 157-171
    3. The Social Life of Havana by T. Bentley Mott, U.S.A., pp. 172-183
    4. The Master of Edgewood (Donald G. Mitchell) by Arthur Reed Kimball, pp. 184-193
    5. Frederic Francois Chopin, Poet and Psychologist by James Huneker, pp. 194-199
    6. The Plagiarist by Oliver Herford, p. 200
    7. The Boer War by H.J. Whigham, pp. 201-213
    8. A Garden Idyll by George Meredith, pp. 214-215
    9. Miss Irene by Joel Chandler Harris, pp. 216-228
    10. The Problems of a Pacific Cable by Herbert Laws Webb, pp. 229-236
    11. The Mercy of Death by William Allen White, pp. 237-250
    12. Point of View, p. 251
    13. The Imperfect Librarian , pp. 252-257
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    March 1900 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. The Boer War by H.J. Whigham, pp. 259-272
    2. Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie, pp. 273-290
    3. Oliver Cromwell by Theodore Roosevelt, pp. 291-316
    4. The Eye of the Harem by Arthur Cosslett Smith, pp. 317-322
    5. Late by Benjamin Paul Blood, pp. 323-324
    6. An Evening Sky by E.S. Martin, p. 325
    7. New York at Night by James B. Carrington, pp. 326-336
    8. The Renaissance of Landscape Architecture by George F. Pentecost, Jr., pp. 337-343
    9. The Revenue of the Crown by William Maynadier Browne, pp. 344-352
    10. Crafty Cupid by Frederick Truesdell, p. 353
    11. The Touchstone by Edith Wharton, pp. 354-371
    12. Not in the Signal Code---A Fable for Captains by Edith Elmer Wood, pp. 372-377
    13. Point of View, p. 378
    14. Social Aspects of Trusts , pp. 379-380
    15. Field of Art, pp. 381-385
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    April 1900 Issue = 12 Articles
    1. The Charm of Paris by Ida M. Tarbell, pp. 387-404
    2. The Light That Failed Not by Henry van Dyke, pp. 405-417
    3. The Kangaroo Rat by Ernest Seton-Thompson, pp. 418-428
    4. Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie, pp. 429-446
    5. Oliver Cromwell by Theodore Roosevelt, pp. 447-468
    6. The Boer War by H.J. Whigham, pp. 469-481
    7. Thoroughbreds by Benjamin Paul Blood, p. 482
    8. The Touchstone by Edith Wharton, pp. 483-501
    9. John Ruskin by W.C. Brownell, pp. 502-505
    10. Point of View, pp. 506-507
    11. Some Missing Books , p. 508
    12. Field of Art, pp. 509-513
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    May 1900 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. Some Picturesque Sides of the Exhibition by E.C. Peixotto, pp. 515-526
    2. Oliver Cromwell by Theodore Roosevelt, pp. 527-544
    3. Rapid Transit in New York by William Barclay Parsons, pp. 545-556
    4. Egg Island by Adele Marie Shaw, pp. 557-571
    5. The Lode Star by Mary E. Wilkins, p. 572
    6. The Boer War by H.J. Whigham, pp. 573-584
    7. Work by Edward S. Martin, pp. 585-586
    8. Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie, pp. 587-602
    9. Cripple Creek by Francis Lynde, pp. 603-615
    10. On Seeing Vedder's "Pleiades" by Edwin Markham, p. 616
    11. Balzac by George McLean Harper, pp. 617-626
    12. The Princess Royal by William Maynadier Browne, pp. 627-631
    13. The First Wood-Thrushes by J. Russell Taylor, p. 632
    14. Point of View, pp. 633-634
    15. The Affectation of Simplicity , pp. 635-636
    16. Field of Art, pp. 637-641
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    June 1900 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. How a President Is Elected by A. Maurice Low, pp. 643-656
    2. "Copy"---A Dialogue by Edith Wharton, pp. 657-662
    3. The Unfinished Portrait by Edith M. Thomas, p. 663
    4. Down the Kentucky on a Raft by John Fox, Jr., pp. 664-669
    5. With Buller's Column by Richard Harding Davis, pp. 670-676
    6. With the Boer Army by Thomas F. Millard, pp. 677-681
    7. The Story of a Tin Soldier by Roy Rolfe Gilson, pp. 682-684
    8. Oliver Cromwell by Theodore Roosevelt, pp. 685-700
    9. Train Fourteen by Louis C. Senger, pp. 701-716
    10. Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie, pp. 717-732
    11. The Paintings of John McClure Hamilton by Harrison S. Morris, pp. 733-737
    12. To Art by Lizette Woodworth Reese, p. 738
    13. Are the Philippines Worth Having? by George F. Becker, pp. 739-752
    14. What Is Historic Atmosphere? by Charles Major, pp. 753-760
    15. The Woodland Spring by William J. Long, p. 761
    16. Point of View, p. 762
    17. Men and Governments , pp. 763-764
    18. Field of Art, pp. 765-768
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    1. The Slave-Trade in America by John R. Spears, pp. 3-15
    2. The Colligo Club Theatricals by Charles Warren, pp. 16-28
    3. Trees by Frank French, pp. 29-38
    4. The Relief of Ladysmith by Richard Harding Davis, pp. 39-56
    5. Harvard College Fifty-Eight Years Ago by George F. Hoar, pp. 57-71
    6. The Vain Shadow by Duncan Campbell Scott, pp. 72-82
    7. Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie, pp. 83-111
    8. A Summer Day by Clinton Scollard, p. 112
    9. The Boer as a Soldier by Thomas F. Millard, pp. 113-117
    10. The Tendency to Health by Daniel Gregory Mason, pp. 118-122
    11. Point of View, p. 123
    12. Leisure and Achievement , p. 124
    13. Field of Art, pp. 125-130
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    1. Tito--The Story of the Coyote That Learned How by Ernest Seton-Thompson, pp. 131-144
    2. Gossip by Oliver Herford, p. 145
    3. Old Carnations by Albert Bigelow Paine, pp. 146-150
    4. The Duchess at Prayer by Edith Wharton, pp. 151-160
    5. The River People by Dexter Marshall, pp. 161-163
    6. The Green Dancers by Bliss Carman, p. 164
    7. Midsummer---Eight Illustrations in Color by Henry McCarter, pp. 165-172
    8. Pretoria in War Time by Richard Harding Davis, pp. 173-184
    9. How Granny Reads Her Omar by Mary Youngs, p. 185
    10. Tobin's Monument by Arthur Colton, pp. 186-188
    11. Play Up, Piper by Josephine Preston Peabody, p. 189
    12. The Green Pigs by Sydney Herman Preston, pp. 190-208
    13. My Love-Story by James Raymond Perry, pp. 209-220
    14. Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie, pp. 221-231
    15. Whom the Gods Love by Julia C.R. Dorr, p. 232
    16. A Matter of Opinion by George Hibbard, pp. 233-245
    17. Loches by Ernest C. Peixotto, pp. 246-248
    18. Point of View, p. 249
    19. The Teaching of Music in the Schools , p. 250
    20. The Real Work of Art , pp. 251-252
    21. Field of Art by John La Farge, pp. 253-258
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    1. In the Gameland Our Fathers Lost by Frederic Irland, pp. 259-272
    2. Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie, pp. 273-284
    3. With Arctic Highlanders by Walter A. Wyckoff, pp. 285-302
    4. The Slave-Trade in America by John R. Spears, pp. 303-314
    5. "Whom the World Calls Idle" by Guy Wetmore Carryl, p. 315
    6. Tito--The Story of the Coyote That Learned How by Ernest Seton-Thompson, pp. 316-325
    7. The Chickamauga Crisis by Jacob D. Cox, pp. 326-338
    8. The Sea-Gull Inland by Joseph Russell Taylor, p. 339
    9. To the Breaks of Sandy by John Fox, Jr., pp. 340-349
    10. A Daughter of the State by Charles Warren, pp. 350-362
    11. A Personal Retrospect of James Russell Lowell by W.D. Howells, pp. 363-378
    12. Point of View, pp. 379-380
    13. Field of Art by W.B. Van Ingen, pp. 381-385
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    1. Russia of To-day by Henry Norman, pp. 387-406
    2. The Last Days of Pretoria by Richard Harding Davis, pp. 407-417
    3. Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie, pp. 418-432
    4. With Arctic Highlanders by Walter A. Wyckoff, pp. 433-450
    5. Postscriptum---Adapted from the Italian of Stecchetti by Caroline Duer, p. 451
    6. The Slave-Trade in America by John R. Spears, pp. 452-464
    7. The Dust of Defeat by Lloyd Osbourne, pp. 465-479
    8. The Old Sea Captain by Edward N. Pomeroy, p. 480
    9. A Visible Judgment by Arthur Colton, pp. 481-487
    10. A Petition by Theodosia Pickering Garrison, p. 488
    11. The Sherman-Johnston Convention by Jacob D. Cox, pp. 489-504
    12. Good-Night by Josephine Preston Peabody, p. 505
    13. Point of View, p. 506
    14. The Talk of R.L. Stevenson , pp. 507-508
    15. Field of Art, pp. 509-513
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    1. Russia of To-day by Henry Norman, pp. 515-541
    2. The Tartar Who Was Not Caught by Richard Wilsted, pp. 542-547
    3. The Hour of Judgment by Albert Bigelow Paine, p. 548
    4. The Wheel of Time by Mary Catherine Lee, pp. 549-559
    5. An Afterthought by Julia C.R. Dorr, pp. 560-561
    6. A Little Gossip by Rebecca Harding Davis, pp. 562-570
    7. The Cross Streets of New York by Jesse Lynch Williams, pp. 571-588
    8. Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie, pp. 589-602
    9. Tithonus by Benjamin Paul Blood, pp. 603-604
    10. A Camera at the Fair by Dwight Lathrop Elmendorf, pp. 605-613
    11. The Landscape Features of the Paris Exposition by Samuel Parsons, Jr., pp. 614-623
    12. The Tone of Time by Henry James, pp. 624-633
    13. Point of View, p. 634
    14. Sea Poetry from a Steamer Chair , pp. 635-636
    15. Field of Art by Sylvester Baxter, pp. 637-641
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    1. The Child by Bertha Gerneaux Woods, p. 641
    2. The Vice-Consort by Frank R. Stockton, pp. 642-656
    3. Two Sonnets---To Marna---His Reproach by Richard Hovey, p. 657
    4. Johnny Bear by Ernest Seton-Thompson, pp. 658-671
    5. Puvis De Chavannes by John La Farge, pp. 672-683
    6. Point of View, p. 684
    7. The Lion's Mouth by Alice Duer and Henry Wise Miller, pp. 685-694
    8. Irmengard by Gertrude Hall, p. 695
    9. Pichou by Henry van Dyke, pp. 696-707
    10. An Untold Story by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, pp. 708-726
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    12. The Woman That Understood by Octave Thanet, pp. 729-742
    13. The Crane by Francis Churchill Williams, pp. 743-754
    14. The Emigrant East by Arthur Colton, pp. 755-762
    15. Point of View, pp. 763-764
    16. Field of Art by Frank Fowler, pp. 765-768
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