Project Gutenberg 2010-03-30 Public domain in the USA. 235 Various Verschillende Various, Various Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 1 How we got up the Glenmutchkin Railway, and how we got out of it / Professor Aytoun -- Vanderdecken's message home; or the tenacity of natural affection -- The floating beacon -- Colonna the painter: a tale of Italy and the arts -- Napoleon / J.G. Lockhart -- A legend of Gibraltar / E.B. Hamley -- The iron shroud / William Mudford. Produced by D Alexander, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Tales from 'Blackwood', Volume 1" by Various is a collection of narrative fiction that encapsulates stories likely written during the 19th century. This anthology includes a variety of tales from the renowned Scottish journal, Blackwood's Magazine, showcasing a blend of commentary on societal trends and imaginative storytelling. The opening tale, "How We Got Up The Glenmutchkin Railway" by Professor Aytoun, introduces readers to the vividly absurd world of railway speculators during the era of the railway mania in Britain. At the start of the collection, the narrative centers around Augustus Reginald Dunshunner, who, alongside his equally uninspired friend Bob M'Corkindale, grapples with dwindling finances and a lack of ambition. The friends decide to embark on a ludicrous scheme to create a railway line to the fictional Glenmutchkin, a humorous critique of the reckless speculation that pervaded the 19th-century economic landscape. As they concoct a plan filled with grandiosity yet devoid of practicality, calling on comically dubious characters for their venture, the tale promises a blend of wit and social commentary that sets the tone for the stories to follow in the volume. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fiction Short stories PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: Humour Category: British Literature 453005 2025-10-13T06:26:03.099255 text/html 461580 2021-01-06T09:40:23 text/html 262751 2025-10-13T06:26:11.528147 application/epub+zip 266213 2025-10-13T06:26:06.370153 application/epub+zip 247158 2025-10-13T06:26:05.083174 application/epub+zip 484635 2025-10-13T06:26:15.426120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455718 2025-10-13T06:26:10.544176 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 415714 2022-09-14T15:02:45.617110 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 420714 2025-10-13T06:26:02.571175 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 420550 2021-01-06T09:40:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 420541 2021-01-06T09:40:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20511 2025-10-13T06:26:15.558109 application/rdf+xml 16335 2025-10-13T06:26:05.588164 image/jpeg 4005 2025-10-13T06:26:05.336167 image/jpeg 164771 2021-01-06T09:40:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 172924 2021-01-06T09:40:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 164729 2021-01-06T09:40:23 application/octet-stream application/zip 248486 2025-10-13T06:26:03.134199 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog