B SAMUEL SMILES
AUTHOR-O "SELF-HELP," "THE FUGLEKOTS," ETC.

THE LIFE

OF

GEORGE STEPHENSON

AND OF HIS SON

ROBERT STEPHENSON;

COMPRISING ALSO

A HISTORY OF THE INVENTION AND INTRODUCTION

OF THE RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE.

BY SAMUEL SMILES,
AUTHOR OF “SELF-HELP,” “THE HUGUENOTS," ETC.

With Portraits and Numerous Ællustrations.

NEW YORK:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

FRANKLIN SQUARE.

1868.