The Railway Children: Illustrated by C. E. BrockEdith Nesbit wrote with supreme confidence about the lives of children and Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis, the trio in The Railway Children, reflect her faith in the resourcefulness, capacity for adventure, and instinctive heroism of the young. This edition of her most popular book restores the splendid original illustrations of C. E. Brock. |
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | 7 |
PETERS COALMINE | 29 |
THE OLD GENTLEMAN | 52 |
THE ENGINEBURGLAR | 75 |
PRISONERS AND CAPTIVES | 100 |
SAVIOURS OF THE TRAIN | 117 |
FOR VALOUR | 137 |
THE AMATEUR FIREMAN | 158 |
THE PRIDE OF PERKS | 177 |
THE TERRIBLE SECRET | 199 |
THE HOUND IN THE RED JERSEY | 215 |
WHAT BOBBIE BROUGHT HOME | 239 |
THE HOUNDS GRANDFATHER | 257 |
THE END | 277 |
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