BLACK BEAUTY

The Autobiography of a Horse

by Anna Sewell [English Quaker — 1820-1878.]

[Note: 'Black Beauty' was originally published in 1877. This etext was
transcribed from an American edition of 1911. Some small corrections
were made, after being confirmed against other sources.]


To my dear and honored Mother,
whose life, no less than her pen,
has been devoted to the welfare of others,
this little book is affectionately dedicated.