726-1781.--BILL NASH, MAIL COACH
ROBBER, CONVICT, AND RICH COLONIST, 1832.--BURGLARIES
AT POST OFFICES IN LONDON AND
BRISTOL, 1881-1901. _Page_ 119

CHAPTER XI.

MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL MAILS.--FROM COACH
TO RAIL.--THE WESTERN RAILROAD.--POST OFFICE
ARBITRATION CASE. _Page_ 141

CHAPTER XII.

PRIMITIVE POST OFFICE.--FIFTH CLAUSE POSTS.--MAIL
CART IN A RHINE.--EFFECT OF GALES ON
POST AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE. _Page_ 151

CHAPTER XIII.

BRISTOL REJUVENATED.--VISIT OF PRINCE OF WALES
IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW BRISTOL DOCK.--BRISTOL-JAMAICAN
MAIL SERVICE.--AMERICAN MAILS.--BRISTOL SHIP LETTER
MAILS.--THE REDLAND POST OFFICE.--THE MEDICAL
OFFICER.--BRISTOL TELEGRAPHISTS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN
WAR.--LORD STANLEY, K.C.V.O., C.B., M.P.--MR.
J. PAUL BUSH, C.M.G. _Page_ 160

CHAPTER XIV.

SMALL (THE POST OFFICE) STREET, BRISTOL: ITS
ANCIENT HISTORY, INFLUENTIAL RESIDENTS, HISTORIC
HOUSES; THE CANNS; THE EARLY HOME OF THE
ELTON FAMILY. _Page_ 175

CHAPTER XV.

THE POST OFFICE TRUNK TELEPHONE SYSTEM AT
BRISTOL. _Page_ 195

CHAPTER XVI.

THE POST OFFICE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY: ITS ANNUAL
MEETING AT BRISTOL.--POST OFFICE SPORTS:
TERRIBLE MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT.--BRISTOL POST
OFFICE IN DARKNESS. _Page_ 199

CHAPTER XVII.

QUAINT ADDRESSES.--THE DEAN'S PECULIAR
SIGNATURE.--AMUSING INCIDENTS AND THE POSTMAN'S
KNOCK.--HUMOROUS APPLICATIONS. _Page_ 223

CHAPTER XVIII.

POSTMASTERS-GENERAL (RT. HON. A. MORLEY AND
THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY) VISIT BRISTOL.--THE
POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.--THE
KING'S NEW POSTAGE STAMPS.--CORONATION
OF KING EDWARD VII.--LOYALTY OF POST OFFICE
STAFF.--MRS. VARNAM-COGGAN'S CORONATION
POEM. _Page_ 232

ILLUSTRATIONS.

TO FACE
PAGE

1. THE RT. HON. LORD STANLEY, K.C.V.O., C.B.,
M.P. _Frontispiece._

2. THE OLD POST HOUSE IN DOLPHIN ST