# Tom Brown's School Days (6th ed)

Tom Brown's School Days is an 1857 novel set at Rugby School, a public school for boys. Hughes attended Rugby School from 1834 to 1842, and the novel is set in the period of the 1830s. This edition includes a preface written by the author for the sixth edition, as well as illustrations by Louis Rhead.
TOM BROWN'S SCHOOL~DAYS
BY AN OLD BOY (Thomas Hughes)
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS MADE AT RUGBY SCHOOL
BY LOUIS RHEAD WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY W.D.Howells
HARPER & BROTHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON M C M X I
PART I :
| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| | Introduction by W. D. Howells | ix |
| | Remarks of the Illustrator | xiii |
| | Preface to the Sixth Edition | xvii |
| I. | The Brown Family | 3 |
| II. | The Veast | 21 |
| III. | Sundry Wars and Alliances | 44 |
| IV. | The Stage-coach | 68 |
| V. | Rugby and Football | 87 |
| VI. | After the Match | 112 |
| VII. | Settling to the Collar | 134 |
| VIII. | The War of Independence | 158 |
| IX. | A Chapter of Accidents | 181 |
| PART II |||
| I. | How the Tide Turned | 209 |
| II. | The New Boy | 224 |
| III. | Arthur Makes a Friend | 242 |
| IV. | The Bird-fanciers | 258 ​ |
| V. | The Fight | 276 |
| VI. | Fever in the School | 298 |
| VII. | Harry East's Dilemmas and Deliverances | 319 |
| VIII. | Tom Brown's Last Match | 339 |
| IX. | Finis | 365 |
| THOMAS HUGHES, Q.C., M.P | Frontispiece |
| RUGBY SCHOOL—MAP OF BOUNDS | Facing p. 3 |
| THE GREAT SAXON WHITE HORSE OF KING ALFRED | "10 |
| BENJY WOULD INSTRUCT TOM IN THE DOINGS OF THE DECEASED BROWNS | "24 |
| THE GYPSY SCOWLS AT JOE | "34 |
| THEY GRAPPLED AND CLOSED AND SWAYED | "54 |
| HE WAS CAUGHT WITH A BOX OF PHOSPHORUS IN HIS GUILTY HAND | "62 |
| "GOOD-BYE, FATHER—MY LOVE AT HOME" | "72 |
| AWAY WENT TWO BOYS ALONG THE FOOT-PATH | "82 |
| "AND HEARK 'EE, COOEY, IT MUST BE UP IN TEN MINUTES, OR NO MORE JOBS FROM ME" | "88 |
| "GET UP THERE—THERE'S A LITTLE FELLOW UNDER YOU" | "106 |
| SET TOM TO TOAST THE SAUSAGES | "114 |
| TOM TOOK HIS THREE TOSSES WITHOUT A KICK OR A CRY | "128 |
| WHO WERE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE HOT-WATER CONVOYS | "136 |
| OLD THOMAS SAT IN HIS DEN | "152 ​ |
| "ARE YOU HURT MUCH, DEAR OLD BOY?" | "176 |
| "IT'S ALL SHAM—HE'S ONLY AFRAID TO FIGHT IT OUT" | "184 |
| "OH, BE UP THER', BE 'EE?" | "198 |
| "CONFOUND YOU, BROWN, WHAT'S THAT FOR?" | "218 |
| "BLEST IF YOU AIN'T THE BEST OLD FELLOW EVER WAS" | "226 |
| TOM SHUT HIS BIBLE WITH A SLAP | "236 |
| "WHAT CAN YOU BE ABOUT, MARTIN?" | "244 |
| "WE MUST TRY A PYRAMID," SAID TOM | "262 |
| "OH, THERE'S A WHACKER!" CRIED EAST | "270 |
| THE SLOGGER IS THROWN HEAVILY FOR THE THIRD TIME | "288 |
| "I EXPECT YOU TO STOP ALL FIGHTS IN FUTURE AT ONCE" | "292 |
| TOM PUT HIS ARM ROUND ARTHUR'S HEAD | "302 |
| SHE HELD OUT HER HAND TO TOM | "314 |
| THEY JUMPED UP TO SHAKE HANDS WITH HIM | "326 |
| EAST FOLLOWED THE DOCTOR AND THE OLD VERGER | "334 |
| IT IS TOM BROWN, GROWN INTO A YOUNG MAN | "346 |
| TOM WAS BORNE ALOFT BY THE ELEVEN | "360 |
| "YOUR OLD MASTER, ARNOLD, OF RUGBY, IS DEAD" | "366 |
| "YOU'VE HEARD ALL ABOUT IT, I SEE" | "370 |
COPYRIGHT. 1911. BY HARPER & BROTHERS
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PUBLISHED OCTOBER, 1911
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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