The post office and its story an interesting account of the activities of a great government department

My acknowledgments are due to Messrs Jarrold and Sons of Norwich and Warwick Lane, E.C., for their kind permission to include a schoolboy's essay on the postman in my chapter dealing with that official. The essay is to be found in a book entitled The Comic Side of School Life, by H. J. Barker. The Post Office has many critics, friendly and unfriendly, but it counts its friends in millions, and I have written this book with the belief that a closer knowledge of the Department with which we all have dealings will be acceptable. EDWARD BENNETT. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE