Chambers's Edinburgh Journal
Towards the end of last century, the family of Andrew Fairbairn resided at the foot of the Woodmarket, Kelso. Andrew was a man in humble circumstances, but was intelligent and industrious, and fond of reading. He had spent his early life as a ploughboy, and afterwards as a gar...
Towards the end of last century, the family of Andrew Fairbairn resided at the foot of the Woodmarket, Kelso. Andrew was a man in humble circumstances, but was intelligent and i...
2. Part 2But it must not be supposed that I was going to succumb to this state of things. Before I succumbed, I must know the reason why. It would take a great deal yet to make me lose h...
3. Part 3Mr and Mrs Woodford were enjoying a confidential matrimonial chat over their _tête-à-tête_ dessert, and discussing at some length the antecedents and probable future of a cousin...
4. Part 4We join Mr Young and his party at the Kongoné mouth of the Zambesi, where the sections of the little steamer _Ilala_ were screwed together; and although an extraordinary flood,...
5. Part 5If no difficulty, as yet unforeseen, bars the way, Mr Barff's plan for rendering iron impenetrable by rust promises to be of the highest practical importance. Iron is by far the...