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This historic volume from 1876 covers the transportation history of England in eighteen chapters; also mentioned are Ireland, Australia and France.

Reviewer: Zither - - June 13, 2008 - Five Star Rating
Subject: Not the usual rehashes
Lord Lennox's anecdotes go farther afield than such secondary sources as 'The Romance of the Road,' which never look beyond southern England. He has an entire chapter on coaching in Ireland, and sections on coaching in Australia and France. He mostly concerns himself with the coaching heyday before the coming of the railroads, but also covers the transition period. He writes for those like the members of the Four-in-Hand Club of his own day about the old Driving Club of 1808 and the Whip Club, their songs and outré costumes. He compares the old harness to that of his own day, and their abuses. For those not technically interested in driving, the best part are the many sections devoted to carriage wrecks and close calls, and the many characters he delineates, from dandies to working mail coach drivers. His level of personal experience makes him authoritative on how sitting uncomfortable inside was, so that he had rather get wet through riding outside, the frequency of highwaymen. His writing style is simple and chatty, drawing the reader easily forward through a charming miscellany of history and anecdote, until you feel like you have ridden the swaying coaches yourself.
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A "sample" of the chapter contents:

Chapter I - Ancient Charioteers - Celebrated Whips - Introduction of Carriages into England - The State of the Roads in 1739 -
Traveling in Bygone Days

Chapter II - Dangers of Travelling - Anecdotes of Highwaymen -
Innkeepers and Highwaymen - Stage Coach Robberies

Chapter III - Slow Coaches - Public Dinners to the Drivers -
Nimrod on the Shrewsbury and Chester "Highflyer"- Wonderful
Feat of Locomotion

Chapter IV - Journey to Bath in the Palmy Days of Coaching -
The Old Brighton Road - A Squire of 1638 - "Parson Dennis"

Chapter V - Coach vs. Rail - Description of a Coach Journey from London to Bath - Snug Hotelleries - English vs. Foreign Cooking

Chapter VI - Moving Accidents by Rail and Coach - Anecdote of the Late Duke of Wellington - Reckless Drivers - Short Time for the Issuing of Railway Tickets

Chapter VII - Traveling in Ireland - Irish Wit - Sir Walter Scott and a Genuine Paddy - Irish Cab Drivers - Journey from Cork to Dublin in a Post-Chaise

Chapter VIII - Coach Accidents - Mail Robberies - A Drunken Driver - Robbery by Convicts

Chapter IX - The Mails Stopped by Severe Snowstorms - Sledges Used for the Mails - Dreadful Storms - Floods in Scotland in 1829 -
Coaching in Australia

Chapter X - Coaching Acquaintances - Stage Coaching of Bygone
and Modern Days - Amateur Drivers - Crack Drivers

Chapter XI - The Turnpike Gate at Hyde Park Corner - The "Old
White Horse Cellar" Piccadilly

Chapter XII - Amateur Dragsmen - The Old Driving Club of 1808 -
The Whip Club - Description of the Carriages

Chapter XIII - Oxford and Cambridge Men - My First Attempt at
Driving - Tandem Driving - The Ostler Country Inns

Chapter XIV - Journey to Newmarket - Lord Grantley's Team -
The Roayl Mail - General Remarks on Driving

Chapter XV - Anecdote of the Late Duke of Wellington - A Hunting
Adventure - A Lucky Escape - An Eventful Day

Chapter XVI - Hairbreadth Escapes - Meet a Dancing Bear -
Carriages in Towns - State of Public Streets - Robberies in London

Chapter XVII - Railways - Pioneers of the Rail - Introduction of Steam Carriges on Roads - Sedan Chairs - Padd's Practical Joke

Chapter XVIII - Practical Jokes in England and France - French Coaches - Carriages in the Reign of Louis XIV - An English Stage
Coach in France

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