Produced by Chris Curnow, Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’s Notes: Italic text is shown _thus_. Bold text is shown =thus=. The original spelling, hyphenation, accentuation and punctuation has been retained except for apparent typographical errors. A table of contents has been added by the transcriber. THE MANCHESTER AND GLASGOW ROAD CONTENTS. WORKS BY CHARLES G. HARPER PREFACE LONDON TO MANCHESTER LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS SEPARATE PLATES ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT THE MANCHESTER AND GLASGOW ROAD I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII WORKS BY CHARLES G. HARPER =The Portsmouth Road=, and its Tributaries: To-day and in Days of Old. =The Dover Road=: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike. =The Bath Road=: History, Fashion, and Frivolity on an Old Highway. =The Exeter Road=: The Story of the West of England Highway. =The Great North Road=: The Old Mail Road to Scotland. Two Vols. =The Norwich Road=: An East Anglian Highway. =The Holyhead Road=: The Mail-Coach Road to Dublin. Two Vols. =The Cambridge, Ely, and King’s Lynn Road=: The Great Fenland Highway. =The Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, and Cromer Road=: Sport and History on an East Anglian Turnpike. =The Oxford, Gloucester, and Milford Haven Road=: The Ready Way to South Wales. Two Vols. =The Brighton Road=: Speed, Sport, and History on the Classic Highway. =The Hastings Road= and the “Happy Springs of Tunbridge.” =Cycle Rides Round London.= =A Practical Handbook of Drawing for Modern Methods of Reproduction.= =Stage Coach and Mail in Days of Yore.= Two Vols. =The Ingoldsby Country=: Literary Landmarks of “The Ingoldsby Legends.” =The Hardy Country=: Literary Landmarks of the Wessex Novels. =The Dorset Coast.= =The South Devon Coast.= =The Old Inns of Old England.= Two Vols. =Love in the Harbour=: a Longshore Comedy. =Rural Nooks Round London= (Middlesex and Surrey). =Haunted Houses=; Tales of the Supernatural. =The North Devon Coast.= [_In the Press._ [Illustration: THE MAIL CHANGE. [_By J. Herring, 1844._] THE MANCHESTER AND GLASGOW ROAD _THIS WAY TO GRETNA GREEN_ By CHARLES G. HARPER _ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR, AND FROM OLD-TIME PRINTS AND PICTURES_ Vol. I.—LONDON TO MANCHESTER [Illustration: Guard] LONDON CHAPMAN & HALL, LTD. 1907 PRINTED AND BOUND BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY. PREFACE [Illustration]