The American Way – The childhood of a ‘self-made man’ — How a newspaper is founded without money and without collaborators – Apprenticed to Magic – How electricity is transformed into money – Science and Business – Edison the Napoleon of Modern Times – The Fairyland of Menlo Park – Edison at Work and Edison at Play – Distance is Abolished – Edison starts upon the Conquest of the Old World of Europe – Recording the Voice – Is it a Ventriloquist? – Glory and Harmony imprisoned in a Cylinder – Let there be Light ! And there was Light! And this Light emanated from America – Recording the Gesture – In Full Fairyland – A few other Marvels, Small and Great – Llewelyn Park at Orange, New Jersey – The Recipe for Genius and Success.