at all unlikely in
the course of a short time the companies would be recouped for their
outlay.

Before concluding, it is only right I should express my grateful
acknowledgments to the numerous body of subscribers to this work. Among
them are noblemen of the highest rank and distinction, cabinet ministers,
members of Parliament, magistrates, ministers of all sections of the
Christian church, merchants, farmers, tradesmen, and artisans. Through
their helpful kindness my responsibility has been considerably lightened,
and I trust they will have no reason to regret that their confidence has
been misplaced.

CONTENTS.

A.B.C. and D.E.F. 171
Accident, Abergele, The 220
,, Beneficial Effect of a Railway 186
,, Extraordinary 128
,, ,, 265
,, Remarkable 172
,, Versailles, The 96
Action, A Novel 255
Advantages of Railway Tunnels 126
Advertisement, Remarkable 124
Adventure, Remarkable 146
Affrighted Toll Keeper 19
Agent, The Insurance 269
Air-ways, instead of Railways 83
Alarmist Views 28
Almost Dar Now 122
American Patience and Imperturbability 183
A'penny a Mile 170
Army with Banners, An 207
Atmospheric Railroad Anticipated 14
Baby Law 216
Balloonists, Extraordinary Escape of 275
Bavarian Guards and Bavarian Beer 198
Bill, Expensive Parliamentary 102
,, First Railway 16
Bishop, A Disingenuous 267
,, An Industrious 248
Blunder, An Extraordinary 254
Bookshops, Growth of Station 130
Booking-Clerk and Buckland,