78 COACHING. 



ao;o at nig^ht, after delivering^ a lecture of 

 an hour and a quarter, and was in bed 

 in Hans Place by four o'clock in the morn- 

 ing- 



In bygone days a journey to Brighton oc- 

 cupied one entire day. Latterly the march 

 of improvement has made rapid strides upon 

 all roads. Brighton can now be reached 

 in an hour and thirteen minutes ; first class 

 fares, by express (which are about to be 

 reduced), thirteen shillings and threepence; by 

 ordinary trains, ten shillings ; second class 

 express, ten shillings; ordinary trains, seven 

 shillings and ninepence ; third class, four shillings 

 and sixpence. An inside passenger by the old 

 coach had to pay sixteen shillings to Brighton ; 

 and for excess of luggage, if he carried what is 

 now allowed to a first class passenger, a further 

 charge of eight shillings and fourpence would be 

 made ; total, one pound four shiUings and four- 

 pence. 



" This is the patent age of inventions." So 

 wrote Byron, more than sixty years ago. Had 

 he lived in our time how much greater cause 

 would he have had to make the remark ; for 

 since the days of the noble poet how many in- 

 ventions have been introduced ! Steamboats and 



