The Iron Horse

The Iron Horse

R. M. Ballantyne, scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books (1825-1894)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- TREATS OF THE ENGINE-DRIVER’S HOUSE AND HOUSEHOLD

-03- THE DRIVER VISITS A LITTLE ELDERLY GENTLEWOMAN

-04- IN WHICH THE WIDOW HOLDS CONVERSE WITH A CAPTAIN

-05- A DOUBLE DILEMMA AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

-06- AN ACCIDENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

-07- HISTORY OF THE IRON HORSE

-08- LITTLE GERTIE COMES OUT IN A NEW LIGHT

-09- MRS MARROT AND BOB VISIT THE GREAT CLATTERBY WORKS

-10- CONCERNING DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND DIFFICULTIES

-11- SHARP PRACTICE

-12- SHARP PRACTICE—CONTINUED

-13- LOO’S GARDEN

-14- TREATS OF RAILWAY LITERATURE

-15- WHICH IS TOO FULL OF VARIED MATTER TO BE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED

-16- TREATS OF MRS DURBY’S LOST PARCEL IN PARTICULAR, AND OF LOST-LUGGAGE IN GENERAL

-17- DESCRIBES ENGINEERING DIFFICULTIES, A PERPLEXING CASE, AND A HARMONIOUS MEETING

-18- GERTIE IS MYSTERIOUSLY CARED FOR

-19- A SOIRÉE WILDLY INTERRUPTED, AND FOLLOWED UP BY SURPRISING REVELATIONS

-20- A RUN-AWAY LOCOMOTIVE

-21- A NEST HARRIED

-22- THE DIAMOND RING AND THE RAILWAY CLEARING-HOUSE

-23- MRS TIPPS GOES ON A JOURNEY

-24- DETAILS A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT

-25- RESULTS OF THE ACCIDENT

-26- THE LAST