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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
·
James Wilson Hyde
5
The
Post-office
renders
an
unpretending
yet
most
important
service
to
commerce
and
to
society;
and
it
will
be
a
source
of
deep
gratification
to
the
author
if
what
he
has
written
should
inspire
in
the
reader
a
new
and
unexpected
interest
in
"the
hundred-handed
giant
who
keeps
up
the
intercourse
between
the
different
parts
of
the
country,
and
wafts
a
sigh
from
Indus
to
the
Pole."
CONTENTS.
CHAP.
PAGE
I.
OLD
ROADS,
1
II.
POSTBOYS,
11
III.
STAGE
AND
MAIL
COACHES,
24
IV.
FOOT-POSTS,
61
V.
MAIL-PACKETS,
68
VI.
SHIPWRECKED
MAILS,
82
VII.
AMOUNT
OF
WORK,
84
VIII.
GROWTH
OF
CERTAIN
POST-OFFICES,
95
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