Black Beauty

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.




Contents


     Part I

     Chapter
     01      My Early Home
     02      The Hunt
     03      My Breaking In
     04      Birtwick Park
     05      A Fair Start
     06      Liberty
     07      Ginger
     08      Ginger's Story Continued
     09      Merrylegs
     10      A Talk in the Orchard
     11      Plain Speaking
     12      A Stormy Day
     13      The Devil's Trade Mark
     14      James Howard
     15      The Old Hostler
     16      The Fire
     17      John Manly's Talk
     18      Going for the Doctor
     19      Only Ignorance
     20      Joe Green
     21      The Parting


     Part II

     22      Earlshall
     23      A Strike for Liberty
     24      The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse
     25      Reuben Smith
     26      How it Ended
     27      Ruined and Going Downhill
     28      A Job Horse and His Drivers
     29      Cockneys
     30      A Thief
     31      A Humbug


     Part III

     32      A Horse Fair
     33      A London Cab Horse
     34      An Old War Horse
     35      Jerry Barker
     36      The Sunday Cab
     37      The Golden Rule
     38      Dolly and a Real Gentleman
     39      Seedy Sam
     40      Poor Ginger
     41      The Butcher
     42      The Election
     43      A Friend in Need
     44      Old Captain and His Successor
     45      Jerry's New Year


     Part IV

     46      Jakes and the Lady
     47      Hard Times
     48      Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie
     49      My Last Home





Black Beauty