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                             CYRUS W. FIELD

                           HIS LIFE AND WORK

                              [1819-1892]

                               EDITED BY

                         ISABELLA FIELD JUDSON

                              ILLUSTRATED

                        [Illustration: colophon]

                                NEW YORK

                      HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

                                  1896

               Copyright, 1896, by ISABELLA FIELD JUDSON.

                         _All rights reserved._

                             [Illustration]


                                   TO

                     MY FATHER'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS

                              THESE PAGES

                             Are Dedicated




CONTENTS


CHAPTER                                            PAGE

   I. PARENTAGE AND EARLY HOME LIFE (1819-1835)       1

  II. EARLY LIFE IN NEW YORK (1835-1840)             14

 III. MARRIAGE AND BUSINESS LIFE (1840-1853)         27

  IV. OUT OF DEBT--A VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA
          (1853)                                     42

   V. THE FIRST CABLE (1853-1857)                    59

  VI. THE FIRST CABLE (CONTINUED) (1857)             74

 VII. A FLEETING TRIUMPH (1858)                      86

VIII. FAILURE ON ALL SIDES (1858-1861)              122

  IX. THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1862)                     131

   X. CAPITAL RAISED FOR THE MAKING OF A NEW
          CABLE--STEAMSHIP "GREAT EASTERN"
          SECURED (1863-1864)                       154

  XI. THE FAILURE OF 1865                           182