The Wide World Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 131, February, 1909Front matterReading editionChapter navigation23 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterThe Wide World Magazine.SHORT STORIESWHALE v. SHARKS. By Victor Pitt-Kethley.A BATTLE IN MID-AIR. By T. R. Porter.UP IN A BALLOON. By A. Soden.Some “Freak” Memorials. By T. W. Wilkinson.DOWN THE CHUTE: A Miner’s Extraordinary Experience. By C. A. O. Duggan, of Kimberley, South Africa.Where Women Wear Trousers. By L. Van der Veer.RETRIBUTION.Mountain Tragedies of the Lake District.Cupid and the Dentist. By Dr. Paul S. Coleman.My Experiences in Algeria.Ways That Are Dark. Some Records of Roguery.I.—MY ADVENTURES IN ‘FRISCO. By Ralph Stock.II.—A SHARP LESSON. By R. L. C. Morrison.III.—“SEEING IT OUT.” By Albert E. MacGrotty.IN THE LAND OF THE REINDEER. By H. Chusseau-Flaviens.“TAPU.” By D. W. O. Fagan, of Mangapai, Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.The Finches’ Festival. A BIRD-SINGING COMPETITION IN FLANDERS. By A. Pitcairn-Knowles.THE FIGHT AT THE A-T RANCH. By Frank Bransted.THE WIDE WORLD: In Other MagazinesOdds and Ends. A Battle-Royal “You Dirty Boy”—Bavarian “Death-Boards”—An Extraordinary Sacrifice, etc., etc.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →The Wide World Magazine.All chapters and sections (23)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsThe Wide World Magazine.SHORT STORIESWHALE v. SHARKS. By Victor Pitt-Kethley.A BATTLE IN MID-AIR. By T. R. Porter.UP IN A BALLOON. By A. Soden.Some “Freak” Memorials. By T. W. Wilkinson.DOWN THE CHUTE: A Miner’s Extraordinary Experience. By C. A. O. Duggan, of Kimberley, South Africa.Where Women Wear Trousers. By L. Van der Veer.RETRIBUTION.Mountain Tragedies of the Lake District.Cupid and the Dentist. By Dr. Paul S. Coleman.My Experiences in Algeria.Ways That Are Dark. Some Records of Roguery.I.—MY ADVENTURES IN ‘FRISCO. By Ralph Stock.II.—A SHARP LESSON. By R. L. C. Morrison.III.—“SEEING IT OUT.” By Albert E. MacGrotty.IN THE LAND OF THE REINDEER. By H. Chusseau-Flaviens.“TAPU.” By D. W. O. Fagan, of Mangapai, Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.The Finches’ Festival. A BIRD-SINGING COMPETITION IN FLANDERS. By A. Pitcairn-Knowles.THE FIGHT AT THE A-T RANCH. By Frank Bransted.THE WIDE WORLD: In Other MagazinesOdds and Ends. A Battle-Royal “You Dirty Boy”—Bavarian “Death-Boards”—An Extraordinary Sacrifice, etc., etc.The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.◇The Wide World Magazine. →