TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
More detail can be found at the [end of the book].
Engraved by W. Hall after the portrait by John Lucas.
NEW YORK, HARRER & BROTHERS.
THE LIFE
OF
GEORGE STEPHENSON
AND OF HIS SON
ROBERT STEPHENSON;
COMPRISING ALSO