| 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 |