The Royal Mail. James Wilson Hyde

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066171834

Table of Contents

       PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION.

       PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.

       INTRODUCTION.

       ILLUSTRATIONS.

       THE ROYAL MAIL

       CHAPTER I.

       OLD ROADS.

       CHAPTER II.

       POSTBOYS.

       CHAPTER III.

       STAGE AND MAIL COACHES.

       CHAPTER IV.

       FOOT-POSTS.

       CHAPTER V.

       MAIL-PACKETS

       CHAPTER VI.

       SHIPWRECKED MAILS.

       CHAPTER VII.

       AMOUNT OF WORK.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       GROWTH OF CERTAIN POST-OFFICES.

       CHAPTER IX.

       CLAIMS FOR POST-OFFICE SERVICE.

       CHAPTER X.

       THE TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE.

       CHAPTER XI.

       SORTERS AND CIRCULATION.

       CHAPTER XII.

       PIGEON-POST.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       ABUSE OF THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE, AND OTHER PETTY FRAUDS.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       STRANGE ADDRESSES.

       CHAPTER XV.

       POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES.

       CHAPTER XVI.

       TELEGRAPHIC BLUNDERS.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       HOW LETTERS ARE LOST.

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       ODD COMPLAINTS.

       CHAPTER XIX.

       CURIOUS LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE POST-OFFICE.

       CHAPTER XX.

       SINGULAR COINCIDENCES.

       CHAPTER XXI.

       SAVINGS-BANK CURIOSITIES.

       CHAPTER XXII.

       REPLIES TO MEDICAL INQUIRIES.

       CHAPTER XXIII.

       VARIOUS.

       CHAPTER XXIV.

       ABOUT POSTMASTERS.

       CHAPTER XXV.

       RED TAPE.