Black Beauty
HIS GROOMS AND COMPANIONS,
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE.
Translated from the Original Equine
BY
ANNA SEWELL.
LONDON: JARROLD AND SONS,
3, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS.
TO
MY DEAR AND HONOURED
WHOSE LIFE, NO LESS THAN HER PEN,
HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO THE
WELFARE OF OTHERS,
THIS LITTLE BOOK
IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED.
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Table of Contents
Part I
My Early Home
The Hunt
My Breaking In
Birtwick Park
A Fair Start
Liberty
Ginger
Ginger's Story Continued
Merrylegs
A Talk in the Orchard
Plain Speaking
A Stormy Day
The Devil's Trade Mark
James Howard
The Old Ostler
The Fire
John Manly's Talk
Going for the Doctor
Only Ignorance
Joe Green
The Parting
Part II
Earlshall
A Strike for Liberty
The Lady Anne, or A Runaway Horse
Reuben Smith
How it Ended
Ruined, and going Down-hill
A Job Horse, and his Drivers
Cockneys
A Thief
A Humbug
Part III
The Horse Fair
A London Cab Horse
An Old War Horse
Jerry Barker
The Sunday Cab
The Golden Rule
Dolly and a real Gentleman
Seedy Sam
Poor Ginger
The Butcher
The Election
A Friend in Need
Old Captain, and his Successor
Jerry's New Year
Part IV
Jakes and the Lady
Hard Times
Farmer Thoroughgood and his Grandson Willie
My Last Home
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