List of Illustrations.

LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER,[Frontispiece]
EARLY WORK,[10]
A SAFETY LAMP,[11]
BIRTHPLACE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON,[12]
AT SCHOOL,[17]
MENDING THE CLOCK,[21]
THE SUN-DIAL,[29]
GEORGE STEPHENSON'S FIRST ENGINE,[35]
"PUFFING BILLY,"[36]
THE VISIT TO "PUFFING BILLY,"[44]
THE TWO STRANGERS,[50]
A TALK ABOUT RAILWAYS,[54]
SURVEYING AT NIGHT,[63]
CHAT MOSS,[74]
GOOD SERVICE,[81]
A CURIOUS ENCOUNTER,[87]
SECTION OF THE FIRST BOILER IN USE,[92]
SECTION OF A TUBULAR BOILER,[93]
THE FAILURE,[95]
TUBES OF A MODERN ENGINE,[96]
THE "ROCKET,"[97]
OPENING THE LINE,[104]
WHOLESOME REPROOF,[115]
LATER DAYS OF GEORGE STEPHENSON,[116]
VICTORIA BRIDGE, MONTREAL,[118]