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MR. PARSLOE'S volume contains a large amount of very varied information on railways, their origin, their working; its object, he tells us, being to present a sketch of our railway system in its general details. The contents are so varied it would be difficult to give any idea of their nature without a lengthened notice. Mr. Parsloe goes back to the old days of stage-coaches, coming down to the origin of railways, then speaks of their construction, of navvies, working expenditure, signals, gauges, tickets, and a multitude of other topics all of much interest to the travelling public. The book is certainly both interesting and instructive.
Our Railways: Sketches Historical and Descriptive, with Practical Information as to Fares, &c., and a Chapter on Railway Reform.
By Joseph Parsloe. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., 1878.)
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Our Railways: Sketches Historical and Descriptive, with Practical Information as to Fares, &c., and a Chapter on Railway Reform . Nature 19, 313 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/019313a0
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