INDEX. 



413 



MAK 



101 ;Wand, 284 ; Ward, 1 86 ; 

 Waucle, 347 ; Williams, 347 ; 

 Windus, 347 ; Winsor & 

 Co., 346; Woolnough, 101 ; 

 Wright, 284 

 Malle-poste, the, in France, 



327 



Master Coachbuilders' Benevo- 

 lent Institution, 393 



Matches, 151 



Mathews, Charles, and the 

 F.-H.C., 253 



McAdam and the improvement 

 of roads, 249 



Modern Carriages, 345 ; adapta- 

 tion of carriages to roads, 

 345 ; Charles II. 's charter 

 to Coachmakers' Company 

 of London, 346 ; London 

 carriage-builders, 346 ; Col- 

 linge's axles, 347; Elliott's 

 introduction of elliptic springs, 

 347 ; Birch's landau-heads, 

 347 ; Thrupp & Glover's 

 springs, 347 ; Prince Regent's 

 influence, 347 ; Palmer's im- 

 provements in stage-coaches, 

 347 ; procession of mail- 

 coaches, 348 ; Hobson's gig 

 and Tilbury's invention, 349 ; 

 overhauling the Queen's car- 

 riages, 349 ; Napoleon III.'s 

 carriages, 350 ; the dor- 

 meuse, 351 ; King's mes- 

 sengers' carriages, 351 ; con- 

 tinental travelling carriages, 

 353 ; couriers, 353 ; the 

 fourgon, 353 ; posting and 

 coaching here and on the con- 

 tinent, 354 ; the diligence and 

 its appointments, 356 ; Eng- 

 lish and continental use of 

 the whip, 357 ; travelling in 

 Switzerland, 358 ; the char-a- 



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cote, 358 ; Swiss and Austrian 

 roads, 359 ; the Irish car, 360 ; 

 Bianconi's enterprise, 360 ; 

 American stage-coaches, 361 ; 

 country inns, 363 ; hackney- 

 coaches, 363 ; cabs, 364, 388 ; 

 the brougham, 364, 383 ; 

 Shillibeer 'bus, 365 ; omni- 

 buses, 365, 383 ; the ' slice of 

 an omnibus,' 366; Harvey's 

 improvement, 366 ; Hansom's 

 idea, 366, 388 ; the Clarence, 

 367 ; char-a-bancs, 368, 382 ; 

 Prince Consort's improve- 

 ments, 368 ; the wagonette, 

 368, 382 ; the curricle, 368 ; 

 cabriolets, 369 ; C-springs, 

 3^9, 383 ; London carriages, 



370 ; mail -phaetons, 370 ; 

 park or pony phaetons, 370 ; 

 dogcarts, 371 ; fulcrum shafts, 



371 ; gigs, 362, 372 ; T-carts, 

 373 ; spider-phaetons, 373 ; 

 cab-phaetons, 373 ; causes of 

 changes of fashion, 373 ; state 

 carriages, 374; 'shoddy,' 375 ; 

 taxation, 375-379; list of 

 fashionable carriages used in 

 1888, 376-379; construction 

 of the chief forms of carriages, 

 379-39 > Beaufort phaetons, 

 382 ; sociables, 383 ; ba- 

 rouches, 384 ; landaus, 385, 



390 ; dress coach and chariot, 

 386 ; drags, 387 ; second- 

 hand carriages, 389 ; interiors, 



391 ; breaks, 391 ; india- 

 rubber tires, 391 ; influence 

 of exhibitions, 392 ; technical 

 schools, 393 ; builders' asso- 

 ciations, 394 ; Institute of 

 British Carriage Manufac- 

 turers, 395 ; paintings of 

 carriages, 395 ; heraldry, 395 ; 



