PAGE 1. MAIL-COACH PASSING ST. GEORGE’S CIRCUS, SOUTHWARK, 1797. (_After Dalgety_) _Frontispiece_ 2. THE WORCESTER MAIL, 1805. (_After J. A. Atkinson_) 7 3. THE MAIL. (_After J. L. Agasse_, 1842) 13 4. THE BRISTOL MAIL AT HYDE PARK CORNER, 1838. (_After J. Doyle_) 19 5. THE YARMOUTH MAIL AT THE “COACH AND HORSES,” ILFORD. (_After J. Pollard_) 25 6. THE “QUICKSILVER” DEVONPORT MAIL, PASSING KEW BRIDGE. (_After J. Pollard_) 29 7. THE “QUICKSILVER” DEVONPORT MAIL, ARRIVING AT TEMPLE BAR. (_After C. B. Newhouse_) 37 8. THE “QUICKSILVER” DEVONPORT MAIL, PASSING WINDSOR CASTLE. (_After Charles Hunt_, 1840) 41 9. MAIL-COACH BUILT BY WAUDE, 1830. (_Now in possession of Messrs. Holland & Holland_) 45 10. THE “QUEEN’S HOTEL” AND GENERAL POST OFFICE. (_After T. Allom_) 69 11. THE TURNPIKE GATE. (_From a contemporary Lithograph_) 77 12. A MIDNIGHT DISASTER ON A CROSS ROAD: FIVE MILES TO THE NEAREST VILLAGE. (_After C. B. Newhouse_) 99 13. THE “BEAUFORT” BRIGHTON COACH. (_After W. J. Shayer_) 103 14. A QUEER PIECE OF GROUND IN A FOG: “IF WE GET OVER THE RAILS, WE SHALL BE IN AN UGLY FIX.” (_After C. B. Newhouse_) 111 15. ROAD VERSUS RAIL. (_After C. Cooper Henderson_, 1845) 117 16. JOSEPH BAXENDALE. (_From the Portrait by E. H. Pickersgill, R.A._) 131 17. PICKFORD AND CO’S ROYAL FLY-VAN, ABOUT 1820. (_From a contemporary Painting_) 139 18. THE LIONESS ATTACKING THE EXETER MAIL, OCTOBER 20TH, 1816. (_After A. Sauerweid_) 153 19. WINTER: GOING NORTH. (_After H. Alken_) 163 20. MAIL-COACH IN A SNOW-DRIFT. (_After J. Pollard_) 167 21. MAIL-COACH IN A FLOOD. (_After J. Pollard_) 171 22. LATE FOR THE MAIL. (_After C. Cooper Henderson_, 1848) 183 23. THE SHORT STAGE. (_After J. Pollard_) 191 24. WILLIAM CHAPLIN. (_From the Painting by Frederick Newnham_) 197 25. THE CANTERBURY AND DOVER COACH, 1830. (_After G. S. Treguar_) 201 26. JAMES NUNN, HORSE-BUYER AND VETERINARY SURGEON TO WILLIAM CHAPLIN. (_After J. F. Herring_) 205 27. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS CHAPLIN. 211