CONTENTS OF VOL. II. ix 



PART VIII. LIFE OF THOMAS TELFOED. 



CHAPTEE I. 



Eskdale Langholm Former lawlessness of the Border population Johnnie 

 Armstrong Border energy Westerkirk Telford's birthplace Glen- 

 dinuing Valley of the Meggat The " unblameable shepherd " Tel- 

 ford's mother Early years " Laughing Tarn " Put to school His 

 school-fellows Page 287-297 



CHAPTEE II. 



Telford apprenticed to a stonemason Runs away Re-apprenticed to a mason 

 at Langholm Building operations in the district Miss Pasley lends 

 books to young Telford Attempts to write poetry Becomes village 

 letter-writer Works as a journeyman mason Employed on Langholm 

 Bridge Manse of Westerkirk Poem of ' Eskdale ' Hews headstones 

 and doorheads Works as a mason at Edinburgh Study of architecture 



- Revisits Eskdale His ride to London . . 298-307 



CHAPTEE III. 



Telford a working man in London Obtains employment as a mason at 

 Somerset House His impressions of Sir Robert Chambers and Mr. Robert 

 Adam, architects Correspondence with Eskdale friends Observations 

 on his fellow- workmen Proposes to begin business, but wants money 

 Mr. Pulteney Becomes foreman of builders at Portsmouth Dockyard 

 Continues to write poetry Employment of his time Prints letters to 

 his mother 308-315 



CHAPTEE IV. 



Superintends repairs of Shrewsbury Castle Appointed Surveyor for county of 



Salop Superintends erection of new gaol Interview with John Howard 



His studies in science and literature Poetical exercises Fall of St. 



Chad's church, Shrewsbury Discovery of the Roman city of Uriconium 



Superintends the excavations Overseer of felons Mrs. Jordan at 

 Shrewsbury Telford's indifference to music Telford's support of his 

 mother Miscellaneous reading His politics Paine's ' Rights of Man ' 



- Reprints his poem of Eskdale ' 316-329 



CHAPTEE V. 



Advantages of mechanical training to an engineer Erects Montford Bridge 

 Erects St. Mary Magdalen church, Bridgenorth Telford's design 

 Architectural tour Bath Studies in British Museum Oxford Bir- 

 mingham Study of architecture Makes friends Telford and Pulteney 



Appointed Engineer to the Ellesmere Canal John Wilkinson, iron- 

 master Telford's salary 330-339 



