The Iron Horse

About this eBook

Author

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Industrialization -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21740

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21740

Release Date

June 7, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."The Iron Horse" — Chapter One. — Treats of the Engine-Driver’s House and Household. — Chapter Two. — The Driver Visits a Little Elderly Gentlewoman and Prepares the Iron Horse for Action. — Chapter Three. — In which the Widow holds Converse with a Captain, makes the Acquaintance of a Young Man, and receives a Telegraphic Shock, which ends in a Railway Journey. — Chapter Four. — A Double Dilemma and its Consequences. — Chapter Five. — An Accident and its Consequences. — Chapter Six. — History of the Iron Horse. — Chapter Seven. — Little Gertie comes out in a New Light, and Bob Receives Good News. — Chapter Eight. — Mrs Marrot and Bob Visit the Great Clatterby “Works.” — Chapter Nine. — Concerning Domestic Economy and Difficulties—Surprises and Explanations. — Chapter Ten. — Sharp Practice. — Chapter Eleven. — Sharp Practice—Continued. — Chapter Twelve. — Loo’s Garden. — Chapter Thirteen. — Treats of Railway Literature, Sleepy Porters, Crowded Platforms, Foolish Passengers, Dark Plotters, Lively Shawls, and Other Matters. — Chapter Fourteen. — Which is too Full of Varied Matter to be Briefly Described. — Chapter Fifteen. — Treats of Mrs Durby’s Lost Parcel in Particular, and of Lost-Luggage in General. — Chapter Sixteen. — Describes Engineering Difficulties, a Perplexing Case, and a Harmonious Meeting. — Chapter Seventeen. — Gertie is Mysteriously cared for—Sam Natly Dines under Difficulties in Connexion with the Block System. — Chapter Eighteen. — A Soirée Wildly Interrupted, and Followed up by Surprising Revelations. — Chapter Nineteen. — A Run-away Locomotive. — Chapter Twenty. — A Nest “Harried.” — Chapter Twenty One. — The Diamond Ring and the Railway Clearing-House. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Mrs Tipps goes on a Journey, and meets a Gentleman who, with much Assurance, comments freely on Insurance. — Chapter Twenty Three. — Details a Terrible Accident. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Results of the Accident. — Chapter Twenty Five. — The Last. — Song of the Engine-Driver. — The End.

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