Excerpt from Through by Daylight: Or, the Young Engineer of the Lake Shore Railroad The lake shore series, of which this book is the first volume, includes Six stories, Whose locality and principal characters are nearly the same, and which were originally published in Oliver Optic's Magazine, Our Boys and Girls. The railroad, which is the basis Of the incidents in the first and second volumes, was suggested by the experience of several young gentlemen in Ohio, who had formed a com pany, and transacted all the business of a railroad in regular form, for the purpose of Obtaining a practical knowledge of the details of such a corporation. They issued certificates of shares, bonds, with interest coupons, elected officers, and appointed all the employees required for the management of a well-ordered railroad. The author is the fortunate possessor of one of the bonds of this company The Miami Valley Railroad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.