قراءة كتاب The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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اللغة: English
الصفحة رقم: 2
id="pgepubid00006">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 |
| IX. | CLAIMS FOR POST-OFFICE SERVICE, | 104 |
| X. | THE TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE, | 116 |
| XI. | SORTERS AND CIRCULATION, | 124 |
| XII. | PIGEON-POST, | 135 |
| XIII. | ABUSE OF THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE, AND OTHER PETTY FRAUDS, | 140 |
| XIV. | STRANGE ADDRESSES, | 153 |
| XV. | POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES, | 170 |
| XVI. | TELEGRAPHIC BLUNDERS, | 200 |
| XVII. | HOW LETTERS ARE LOST, | 204 |
| XVIII. | ODD COMPLAINTS, | 239 |
| XIX. | CURIOUS LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE POST-OFFICE, | 245 |
| XX. | SINGULAR COINCIDENCES, | 262 |
| XXI. | SAVINGS-BANK CURIOSITIES, | 269 |
| XXII. | REPLIES TO MEDICAL INQUIRIES, | 275 |
| XXIII. | VARIOUS, | 277 |
| XXIV. | ABOUT POSTMASTERS, | 292 |
| XXV. | RED TAPE, | 303 |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
| MAIL-COACH ACCIDENT AT ELVENFOOT, | Frontispiece | |
| CAUTION TO POSTBOYS, | Page | 19 |
| ROTHBURY AND MORPETH MAIL-DRIVER, | " | 23 |
| EWENNEY BRIDGE OUTRAGE—NOTICE OF, | " | 37 |
| HOLYHEAD AND CHESTER MAILS SNOWED UP NEAR DUNSTABLE—26TH DEC. 1836. (From an old print), | " | 39 |
| DEVONPORT MAIL-COACH FORCING ITS WAY THROUGH A SNOWDRIFT NEAR AMESBURY—27TH DEC. 1836. (From an old print), | " | |
