Chapter I: Front Matter

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By Sara Ware Bassett

The Invention Series

Paul and the Printing Press Steve and the Steam Engine

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The Invention Series

STEVE AND THE STEAM ENGINE

By Sara Ware Bassett

With Illustrations By A. O. Scott

Boston Little, Brown, And Company 1921

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Copyright, 1921, By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved

Published September, 1921

The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass U S A

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I An Unpremeditated Folly 1

II A Meeting with an Old Friend 19

III A Second Calamity 34

IV The Story of the First Railroad 51

V Steve Learns a Sad Lesson 67

VI Mr. Tolman's Second Yarn 77

VII A Holiday Journey 94

VIII New York and What Happened There 110

IX An Astounding Calamity 125

X An Evening of Adventure 145

XI The Crossing of the Country 156

XII New Problems 169

XIII Dick Makes His Second Appearance 178

XIV A Steamboat Trip by Rail 192

XV The Romance of the Clipper Ship 205

XVI Again the Magic Door Opens 216

XVII More Steamboating 224

XVIII A Thanksgiving Tragedy 238

XIX The End of the House Party 248

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"It was the conquering of this multitude of defects that gave to the world the intricate, exquisitely made machine" Frontispiece

"You've got your engine nicely warmed up, youngster," he observed casually 9

"I wish you'd tell me about this queer little old-fashioned boat" 181

He was fighting to prevent himself from being drawn beneath the jagged, crumbling edge of the hole 244

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STEVE AND THE STEAM ENGINE