I50 HIGHWAYS AND HORSES. 



We see no such comprehensive title-pages now- 

 adays ; the whole contents of the book appear on 

 the title-page, but this does not occur in later editions. 

 This road-book was published by Messrs. Longman 

 & Co., in 1811, seventy-six years ago. The house 

 of Longman, which brought it out, still exist, and are 

 well-known publishers. 



The names of the places and various roads arc 

 arranged in a column on each page in this book, on 

 the left-hand side, and the distances occupy two more 

 columns ; there being a space for marginal notes, this 

 space is occupied generally with a description of 

 scenery, objects of interest, the names of gentlemen's 

 country houses, inns, etc. 



The measurements, which are taken in miles, halves 

 and quarters of miles, are arranged in two columns, 

 the first giving the distance from one city, town, or 

 village to the next, the second, the number of miles 

 from the commencement of the road ; and this plan 

 is adhered to throughout the book, whether the 

 measurement be from London, as in all the direct 

 roads, or from some noted city or town, as in the 

 cross-roads. Thus, from the " King's Head " at 

 Lower INIitcham, to the " Cock Inn " at Sutton, is 

 three miles, and this inn is eleven miles and a quarter 

 from London, where the measurement begins ; the 

 Obelisk on Banstead Downs is a mile and three- 

 quarters from the "Cock Inn" at Sutton, and thirteen 

 miles from London. 



It is amusinor to notice in this edition of Paterson's 



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work the following paragraph, which is introduced 

 into the preface : "It may be necessary to remark, 

 that the roads which are pointed out by the initials 

 R. and L., as branching to the right and left, are in 



