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Through by daylight

Chapter 1: THROUGH BY DAYLIGHT; OR, THE YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE LAKE SHORE RAILROAD.
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A young, capable engineer becomes involved with a small railroad company run by local youths, learning mechanical skills, responsibility, and business practices while confronting accidents, rival factions, and interpersonal conflicts. The narrative traces practical episodes—equipment failures, daring repairs, and organized trips—that test character and resourcefulness, and highlights themes of industry, friendship, forgiveness, and moral growth. Scenes alternate technical detail about railroad operation with personal trials and reconciliations, presenting a didactic but lively portrait of youthful ambition, community tensions, and the rewards of honesty and perseverance.

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Title: Through by daylight

Or, the young engineer of the Lake Shore Railroad

Author: Oliver Optic

Engraver: Samuel Smith Kilburn

Illustrator: W. L. Champney

Release date: March 10, 2024 [eBook #73134]

Language: English

Original publication: Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1897

Credits: Terry Jeffress and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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AMERICAN BOYS’ SERIES

The books selected for this series are all thoroughly American, by such favorite American authors of boys’ books as Oliver Optic, Elijah Kellogg, Prof. James de Mille, and others, now made for the first time at a largely reduced price, in order to bring them within the reach of all. Each volume complete in itself.

Uniform Cloth Binding   Illustrated   New and Attractive Dies   Price per volume $1.00

  1. Adrift in the Ice Fields   By Capt. Chas. W. Hall
  2. All Aboard or Life on the Lake   By Oliver Optic
  3. Ark of Elm Island   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  4. Arthur Brown the Young Captain   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  5. Boat Club, The, or the Bunkers of Rippleton   By Oliver Optic
  6. Boy Farmers of Elm Island, The   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  7. Boys of Grand Pré School   By Prof. James de Mille
  8. “B. O. W. C.” The   By Prof. James de Mille
  9. Brought to the Front or the Young Defenders   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  10. Burying the Hatchet or the Young Brave of the Delawares   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  11. Cast Away in the Cold   By Dr. Isaac I. Hayes
  12. Charlie Bell the Waif of Elm Island   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  13. Child of The Island Glen   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  14. Crossing the Quicksands   By Samuel W. Cozzens
  15. Cruise of the Casco   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  16. Fire in the Woods   By Prof. James de Mille
  17. Fisher Boys of Pleasant Cove   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  18. Forest Glen or the Mohawk’s Friendship   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  19. Good Old Times   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  20. Hardscrabble of Elm Island   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  21. Haste or Waste or the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain   By Oliver Optic
  22. Hope and Have   By Oliver Optic
  23. In School and Out or the Conquest of Richard Grant   By Oliver Optic
  24. John Godsoe’s Legacy   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  25. Just His Luck   By Oliver Optic
  26. Lion Ben of Elm Island   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  27. Little by Little or the Cruise of the Flyaway   By Oliver Optic
  28. Live Oak Boys or the Adventures of Richard Constable Afloat and Ashore   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  29. Lost in the Fog   By Prof. James de Mille
  30. Mission of Black Rifle or On the Trail   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  31. Now or Never or the Adventures of Bobby Bright   By Oliver Optic
  32. Poor and Proud or the Fortunes or Kate Redburn   By Oliver Optic
  33. Rich and Humble or the Mission of Bertha Grant   By Oliver Optic
  34. Sophomores of Radcliffe or James Trafton and His Boston Friends   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  35. Sowed by the Wind or the Poor Boy’s Fortune   By Rev Elijah Kellogg
  36. Spark of Genius or the College Life of James Trafton   By Elijah Kellogg
  37. Stout Heart or the Student from Over the Sea   By Rev Elijah Kellogg
  38. Strong Arm and a Mother’s Blessing   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  39. Treasure of the Sea   By Prof. James de Mille
  40. Try Again or the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West   By Oliver Optic
  41. Turning of the Tide or Radcliffe Rich and his Patients   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  42. Unseen Hand or James Renfew and His Boy Helpers   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  43. Watch and Wait or the Young Fugitives   By Oliver Optic
  44. Whispering Pine or the Graduates of Radcliffe   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  45. Winning His Spurs or Henry Morton’s First Trial   By Rev Elijah Kellogg
  46. Wolf Run or the Boys of the Wilderness   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  47. Work and Win or Noddy Newman on a Cruise   By Oliver Optic
  48. Young Deliverers of Pleasant Cove   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg
  49. Young Shipbuilders of Elm Island   By Rev. Elijah Kellogg.
  50. Young Trail Hunters   By Samuel W. Cozzens

ADDED IN 1900

In 1899 we increased this immensely popular series of choice copyrighted books by representative American writers for the young to fifty titles. In 1900 we added the ten following well-known books, making an important addition to an already strong list:

  1. Field and Forest or The Fortunes of a Farmer   By Oliver Optic
  2. Outward Bound or Young America Afloat   By Oliver Optic
  3. The Soldier Boy or Tom Somers in the Army   By Oliver Optic
  4. The Starry Flag or The Young Fisherman of Cape Ann   By Oliver Optic
  5. Through by Daylight or The Young Engineer of the Lake Shore Railroad   By Oliver Optic
  6. Cruises with Captain Bob around the Kitchen Fire   By B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington)
  7. The Double-Runner Club or The Lively Boys of Rivertown   By B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington)
  8. Ike Partington and His Friends or The Humors of a Human Boy By B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington)
  9. Locke Amsden the Schoolmaster   By Judge D. P. Thompson
  10. The Rangers   By Judge D. P. Thompson

ADDED IN 1901

This year we still further increase this list, which has become standard throughout the country, by adding the ever-popular “Green Mountain Boys” and four volumes of “Oliver Optic,” “All Over the World Library,” especially timely books in view of the present interest in Asiatic matters.

  1. The Green Mountain Boys   By Judge D. P. Thompson
  2. A Missing Million or The Adventures of Louis Belgrave   By Oliver Optic
  3. A Millionaire at Sixteen or The Cruise of the “Guardian Mother”   By Oliver Optic
  4. A Young Knight Errant or Cruising in the West Indies   By Oliver Optic
  5. Strange Sights Abroad or Adventures in European Waters   By Oliver Optic

Lee and Shepard Publishers Boston

THE LAKE SHORE SERIES.


THROUGH BY DAYLIGHT;
OR,
THE YOUNG ENGINEER
OF THE
LAKE SHORE RAILROAD.

BY

OLIVER OPTIC

Author of “Army and Navy Stories,” “Great Western Series,” “Onward
and Upward Stories,” “Woodville Stories,” Famous “Boat-Club
Series,” “The Starry-Flag Series,” “Young America Abroad,”
“Lake-Shore Series,” “Riverdale Storybook,” “Yacht-Club
Series,” and “The Boat-Builder Series.”


BOSTON

LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by

WILLIAM T. ADAMS,

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court

of the District of Massachusetts.


Copyright, 1897, by Alice Adams Russell.

All Rights Reserved.


Through by Daylight.

TO

My Young Friend,

JAMES ELLIOT BAKER,

This Book

IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.