Rides on Railways

Rides on Railways, by Samuel Sidney
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Title: Rides on Railways Author: Samuel Sidney Release Date: August 25, 2004 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) [eBook #13271]
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RIDES ON RAILWAYS by Samuel Sidney.
PREFACE.
The following pages are an attempt to supply something amusing, instructive, and suggestive to travellers who, not caring particularly where they go, or how long they stay at any particular place, may wish to know something of the towns and districts through which they pass, on their way to Wales, the Lakes of Cumberland, or the Highlands of Scotland; or to those who, having a brief vacation, may wish to employ it among pleasant rural scenes, and in investigating the manufactures, the mines, and other sources of the commerce and influence of this small island and great country.
In performing this task, I have relied partly on personal observation, partly on notes and the memory of former journeys; and where needful have used the historical information to be found in cyclopædias, and local guide-books. This ...