  CHAPTER I. LIFE AMONG THE COAL PITS. CHAPTER II. MENDING AND MAKING LITTLE BOB. CHAPTER III. WHO BEGAN RAILROADS? "PUFFING BILLY." CHAPTER IV. TWO CITIES THAT WANTED TO GET NEAR EACH OTHER A NEW FRIEND. CHAPTER V. HUNTING UP HIS OWN WORK AN ENTERPRISING QUAKER WHAT WAS THE RESULT? CHAPTER VI. THE TWO CITIES TRYING AGAIN BUGBEARS. CHAPTER VII. GRAPPLING WITH DIFFICULTIES THE BOG A PUZZLE THE PRIZE OFFER. CHAPTER VIII. ROBERT'S RETURN A CURIOUS ENCOUNTER THE PRIZE ENGINE. CHAPTER IX. OPENING OF THE NEW ROAD DIFFICULTIES VANISH A NEW ERA. CHAPTER X. THE STEPHENSON CENTENARY HONOUR TO WHOM HONOUR IS DUE. Front Cover A LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER. THE STORY OF THE STEPHENSONS, Father and Son. BY H. C. KNIGHT, AUTHOR OF "NO GAINS WITHOUT PAINS," ETC. With Twenty-Six Engravings London: T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW. EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK. 1897 |
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