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R.M. 발렌타인의 1881년 작품
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. Valentine's 1881 work
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. In addition, he was interested in natural science and wrote a lot of related contents in books.

요약
존 멜론이 어느 날 길을 걷다가 길 잃은 개를 만났을 때 그의 첫 느낌은 불신이었고 그의 첫 번째 본능은 그것을 쫓아내는 것입니다. 그러나 John이 생물과 사랑에 빠지는 데 오래 걸리지 않으며 그 둘은 곧 분리할 수 없으며 함께 여러 모험을 하게 되는데...

Summary
When John Mellon walks down the street one day and encounters a stray dog, his first feeling is disbelief and his first instinct is to chase it away. However, it doesn't take long for John to fall in love with the creature and the two soon become inseparable and embark on several adventures together...

CONTENTS

Chapter I. Explains Itself.
Chapter II. Introduces a Young Hero.
Chapter III. Treats of an Old Heroine.
Chapter IV. In Which Dumps Finds Another Old Friend.
Chapter V. Conspiracy and Villainy, Innocence and Tragedy.
Chapter VI. Relates a Stirring Innocent.
Chapter VII. My Circumstances begin to Brighten.
Chapter VIII. Little Slidder Resists Temptation Successfully, and I Become Enslaved.
Chapter IX. On the Scent, but Puzzled.
Chapter X. A Disappointment, an Accident, and a Perplexing Return.
Chapter XI. Relates Generally to the Doings and Sayings of Robin Slidder.
Chapter XII. Begins with Love, Hope, and Joy, and ends Peculiarly.
Chapter XIII. A Wonderful Discovery.
Chapter XIV. The Last.