<영어로 읽는 고전 _ R.M. 발렌타인의 런던 소방대의 삶 이야기>
R.M. Ballantyne(1825-1894)은 스코틀랜드의 예술가이자 대부분 어린이 소설의 다작 작가였다. Edinburgh에서 태어난 Ballantyne은 열 자녀 중 아홉 번째였다. 16세에 Ballantyne은 캐나다로 이주하여 Hudson's Bay Company에서 일하면서 모피 무역을 위해 전국을 여행했다. 1847년 아버지가 세상을 떠나 스코틀랜드로 돌아온 그는 평생 동안 100권이 넘는 어린이 모험 책을 쓰면서 본격적으로 문학 활동을 시작했다. 'The Coral Island' 및 'The Young Fur Traders'와 같은 이야기는 큰 인기를 얻었으며 많은 이야기가 캐나다 전역을 여행한 자신의 경험을 바탕으로 했다.
그의 대표작으로는 "The Coral Island"(《산호섬》)과 "The Gorilla Hunters"(《고릴라 사냥꾼》) 등이 있으며, 이들 작품은 당시 영국에서 매우 인기가 있었습니다. 또한, 그는 자연과학에 관심을 가지고 있어 책에도 관련 내용을 많이 썼다.


R.M. Ballantyne (1825-1894) was a Scottish artist and prolific author of mostly children's fiction. Born in Edinburgh, Ballantyne was the ninth of ten children. At the age of 16, Ballantyne moved to Canada, where he worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, where he traveled the country in the fur trade. After his father died in 1847, he returned to Scotland and began his literary career in earnest, writing over 100 children's adventure books during his lifetime. His stories, such as 'The Coral Island' and 'The Young Fur Traders', were hugely popular and many of them were based on his own experiences traveling across Canada.
His representative works include "The Coral Island" and "The Gorilla Hunters", which were very popular in England at the time. He was also interested in the natural sciences and wrote many of his books.

요약
그는 키가 크고 잘생겼으며 튼튼했고 비록 젖고 지쳤지만 그의 발걸음에는 그가 지치지 않았다는 것을 의심할 여지 없이 증명하는 탄력이 있다. 위에서 언급한 동료가 말했듯이 "아직도 그에게는 많은 기회가 있었다." 그의 파란색 벨트 코트, 선원 모자, 작은 손도끼, 왼팔의 턱끈으로 휘두르는 황동 헬멧은 그를 "The Red Brigade"의 일원, 즉 런던의 소방관이라는 것을 증명하는데..

Summary
He was tall, handsome, and strong, and though wet and weary, there was a spring in his step that proved beyond doubt that he was not tired. As the colleague mentioned above put it, "he still had plenty of opportunities." His blue belted coat, sailor's hat, small hatchet, and brass helmet wielded by a chin strap on his left arm prove that he is a member of "The Red Brigade", a London firefighter.

CONTENTS

Chapter One. Wet, worn and weary?
Chapter Two. The house on fire was,
Chapter Three. One pleasant afternoon in spring David Clazie
Chapter Four. It is probable that there is not in all the wide world a man?
Chapter Five. Mr Philip Sparks, though not naturally fond of society,
Chapter Six. Oh! but it was an interesting occupation to
Chapter Seven. Seated by the fire-side of Joe Dashwood’s new abode?
Chapter Eight. Several months passed away.
Chapter Nine. Years passed away, and with them many old things vanished,