THE POST HOUSE AT THE DOLPHIN INN, IN DOLPHIN STREET, BRISTOL, 1662.--EXCHANGE AVENUE AND SMALL STREET POST OFFICES, BRISTOL. _Page_ 8 CHAPTER III. ELIZABETHAN POST TO BRISTOL.--THE QUEEN'S PROGRESS, 1574. _Page_ 16 CHAPTER IV. THE ROADS.--THE COACH.--MR. JOHN PALMER'S MAIL COACH INNOVATIONS, 1660-1818. _Page_ 22 CHAPTER V. APPRECIATIONS OF RALPH ALLEN, JOHN PALMER, AND SIR FRANCIS FREELING, MAIL AND COACH ADMINISTRATORS. _Page_ 45 CHAPTER VI. BRISTOL MAIL COACH ANNOUNCEMENTS, 1802, 1830.--THE NEW GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON. _Page_ 62 CHAPTER VII. THE BRISTOL AND PORTSMOUTH MAIL FROM 1772 ONWARDS.--PROJECTED SOUTH COAST RAILWAY FROM BRISTOL, 1903.--THE BRISTOL TO SALISBURY POSTBOY HELD UP.--MAIL COACH ACCIDENTS.--LUKE KENT AND RICHARD GRIFFITHS, THE MAIL GUARDS. _Page_ 75 CHAPTER VIII. THE BUSH TAVERN, BRISTOL'S FAMOUS COACHING INN, AND JOHN WEEKS, ITS WORTHY BONIFACE, 1775-1819.--THE WHITE LION COACHING HOUSE, BRISTOL, ISAAC NIBLETT.--THE WHITE HART, BATH. _Page_ 93 CHAPTER IX. TOLL GATES AND GATE KEEPERS. _Page_ 110 CHAPTER X. DARING ROBBERIES OF THE BRISTOL MAIL BY HIGHWAYMEN, 1726-1781.--BILL NASH, MAIL COACH ROBBER, CONVICT, AND RICH COLONIST, 1832.--BURGLARIES AT POST OFFICES IN LONDON AND BRISTOL, 1881-1901. _Page_ 119 CHAPTER XI. MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL MAILS.--FROM COACH TO RAIL.--THE WESTERN RAILROAD.--POST OFFICE ARBITRATION CASE. _Page_ 141 CHAPTER XII. PRIMITIVE POST OFFICE.--FIFTH CLAUSE POSTS.--MAIL CART IN A RHINE.--EFFECT OF GALES ON POST AND TELEGRAPH SERVICE. _Page_ 151 CHAPTER XIII. BRISTOL REJUVENATED.--VISIT OF PRINCE OF WALES IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW BRISTOL DOCK.--BRISTOL-JAMAICAN MAIL SERVICE.--AMERICAN MAILS.--BRISTOL SHIP LETTER MAILS.--THE REDLAND POST OFFICE.--THE MEDICAL OFFICER.--BRISTOL TELEGRAPHISTS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.--LORD STANLEY, K.C.V.O., C.B., M.P.--MR. J. PAUL BUSH, C.M.G. _Page_ 160 CHAPTER XIV. SMALL (THE POST OFFICE) STREET, BRISTOL: ITS ANCIENT HISTORY, INFLUENTIAL RESIDENTS, HISTORIC HOUSES; THE CANNS; THE EARLY HOME OF THE ELTON FAMILY. _Page_ 175 CHAPTER XV. THE POST OFFICE TRUNK TELEPHONE SYSTEM AT BRISTOL. _Page_ 195 CHAPTER XVI. THE POST OFFICE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY: ITS ANNUAL MEETING AT BRISTOL.--POST OFFICE SPORTS: TERRIBLE MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT.--BRISTOL POST OFFICE IN DARKNESS. _Page_ 199 CHAPTER XVII.