Black Beauty had a fine, soft black coat, one white foot and silver star on his forehead.

This story of a horse's adventures, disappointments and joys is perhaps the most famous animal story of all time. Tens of millions of copies have been sold, and it remains as popular now as when it was first publishde over a century ago.

  APPRECIATION AND LIFE

OF THE AUTHOR  PAGE

CHAPTER ONE PAGE 23

 My Early Home

CHAPTER TWO PAGE 25

   The Hunt

CHAPTER THREE PAGE 28

 My Breaking In

CHAPTER FOUR  PAGE 32

  Birtwick Park

 CHAPTER FIVE PAGE 35

  A Fair Start

  CHAPTER SIX PAGE 39

   Liberty

CHAPTER SEVEN PAGE 4x

   Ginger

CHAPTER EIGHT PAGE 45

Ginger's Story Continued

CHAPTER NiNE PAGE 49

  Merrylegs

   CHAPTER TEN PAGE 52

  A Talk in the Orchard

  CHAPTER ELEVEN PAGE 57

    Plain Speaking

  CHAPTER TWELVE PAGE 6I

    A Stormy Day

CHAPTER THIRTEEN PAGE 64

  The Devil's Trademark

  CHAPTER FOURTEEN PAGE 67

    James Howard

  CHAPTER FIFTEEN PAGE 7O

    The Old Ostler

CHAPTER SIXTEEN PAGE 73

      The Fire

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN PAGE 77

   John Manly's Talk

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN .PAGE 8I

  Going for the Doctor

 CHAPTER NINETEEN PAGE 84

    Only Ignorance

CHAPTER TWENTY PAGE 87

     foe Green

 CHAPTER TWENTY'ONE PAGE 90

     The Parting

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO PAGE 93

     Earlshall

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE PAGE 97

  A Strike for Liberty