VI CONTENTS 



CHAPTER III. 



SLOW COACHES— FAST COACHES — " THE WONDER" AND "BLEN- 

 HEIM" — PUBLIC DINNERS TO THE DRIVERS — PRESENTATION 

 OF A SILVER CUP TO A DRIVER OF "THE BLENHEIM" — THE 

 YOUNG OXONIANS FAIRLY TAKEN IN — NIMROD ON THE 

 SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER " HIGHFLYER" — BANEFUL EF- 

 FECTS OF RAILWAYS ON THE ROAD — " THE DESERTED VIL- 

 LAGE " — WONDERFUL FEAT OF LOCOMOTION . . 49 



CHAPTER lY. 



JOURNEY TO BATH IN THE PALMY DAYS OF COACHING —A 

 DRIVING GIOVANNI — " PARSON DENNIS "—CONTRAST TO THE 

 ABOVE — TENNANT'S DESCRIPTION — THE OLD BRIGHTON 

 ROAD — MODERN IMPROVEMENTS — A SQUIRE OF 1638 . 67 



CHAPTER V. 



COACH versus rail — description OF A COACH JOURNEY FROM 

 LONDON TO BATH — DIFFERENCES OF OPJNION — THE COACH 

 DINNER— LUXURIOUS LIVING — SNUG HOTELLERIES — ENGLISH 



versus foreign cooking . . . . .87 



CHAPTER YI. 



MOVING accidents" BY RAIL AND COACH — SHORT TIME 

 FOR THE ISSUE OF RAILWAY TICKETS— RECKLESS DRIVERS 

 — AN AFFAIR OF HONOUR — ANECDOTE OF THE LATE DUKE 

 OF WELLINGTON ...... 101 



