The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

CHAPTER VIII. Page 112 Return to England. The Niagara--Captain Hudson. The Agamemnon. Expedition of 1857 sails from Ireland. Speech of the Earl of Carlisle. The Cable broken CHAPTER IX. Page 142 Preparations for an Expedition in 1858. Mr. Field is made the General Manager of the Company. The Squadron assemble at Plymouth, and put to Sea, June 10. New Method of laying Cable, beginning in Mid-Ocean. The Agamemnon in Danger of being Foundered. The Cable lost Three Times. The Ships return to England. Meeting of the Directors. Shall they abandon the Project? One Last Effort CHAPTER X. Page 165 Second Expedition Successful. Cable landed in Ireland and Newfoundland CHAPTER XI. Page 188 Great Excitement in America. Celebration in New York and other Cities CHAPTER XII. Page 213 Sudden Stoppage of the Cable. Reaction of Public Feeling. Suspicions of Bad Faith. Did the Cable ever work? CHAPTER XIII. Page 229 Attempts to revive the Company. The Government asked for Aid, but declines to give an Unconditional Guarantee. Failure of the Red Sea Telegraph. Scientific Experiments. Cables laid in the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. Brief History of the next Five Years CHAPTER XIV. Page 241 The Enterprise renewed. Improvement on the Old Cable. The Great Eastern and Captain Anderson. Expedition of 1865. Twelve Hundred Miles laid safely, when the Cable is broken CHAPTER XV. Page 293 Formation of a New Company, the Anglo-American. New Cable made and shipped on Board the Great Eastern CHAPTER XVI. Page 306 The Expedition of 1866. Immense Preparations. Religious Service at Valentia. Sailing of the Fleet. Diary of the Voyage. Cable landed at Heart's Content