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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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=North
British
Daily
Mail.=--"It
is
brimful
of
the
most
curious
out-of-the-way
facts
illustrative
of
the
early
struggles
of
the
postal
service,
and
also
contains
some
very
amusing
and
romantic
stories
of
the
old
stage-coach
days.
The
work
is
written
in
such
an
easy
unpretentious
chatty
style,
and
is
so
admirably
arranged,
that
when
taken
up
few
will
lay
it
down
until
they
have
read
it
through
to
the
end.
It
is,
moreover,
capitally
illustrated."
=Newcastle
Daily
Journal.=--"This
is
a
thoroughly
instructive
and
amusing
book.
Mr
Hyde
approaches
his
subject
in
the
character
of
a
chronicler.
The
book
is
a
most
entertaining
one."
=Liverpool
Daily
Post.=--"His
volume
is
replete
with
interesting
facts,
anecdotes,
and
illustrations,
and
it
is
written
on
a
subject
which
has
an
interest
for
every
one....
His
pages
will
repay
perusal."
=Dundee
Advertiser.=--"A
perusal
of
Mr
Hyde's
clever
book
will
show
the
difference
between
the
postal
service
of
a
century
ago
and
that
of
the
present
time.
To
the
credit
of
the
author
be
it
said,
that
he
succeeds
in
doing
this
without
being
tiresome,
a
consummation
not
always
achieved
by
those
who
undertake
such
a
mission."
=Aberdeen
Journal.=--"Every
page
is
full
of
interest,
and
the
whole
book
shows
the
man
accustomed
to
put
the
greatest
amount
of
information
in
the
fewest
and
most
appropriate
words.
From
beginning
to
end
of
the
book
the
reader
finds
himself
in
the
company
of
one
that
speaks
what
he
knows."
=Bristol
Times
and
Mirror.=--"In
this
work,
Mr
J.
Wilson
Hyde
has
gathered
together
a
perfect
budget
of
information
pertaining
to
our
postal
service
both
in
the
past
and
present
days.
The
book
is
neatly
bound,
and
is
decidedly
a
valuable
addition
to
the
literature
of
the
season."
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