CONTENTS:—­

NORTH WESTERN. 
MIDLAND. 
GREAT NORTHERN. 
MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLN. 
NORTH EASTERN. 
SOUTH WESTERN. 
GREAT WESTERN. 
GREAT EASTERN. 
BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST.
CHATHAM & DOVER. 
SOUTH EASTERN.

“Although most people have some conception and experience of the miracle of the age known as the railway, there are few who have even a general understanding of it, and fewer still who possess definite knowledge of its ramifications and details.  Some such summary as Mr. Acworth gives is requisite to convey a real and lasting impression of the immensity of the organization and its daily effect upon the present conditions of life.”—­Birmingham Daily Gazette.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

THE RAILWAYS OF SCOTLAND.

THEIR PRESENT POSITION, WITH A GLANCE AT THEIR PAST, AND A FORECAST OF
THEIR FUTURE.

With a Map of the Scottish Railway System.  Crown 8vo. 5s.

“Mr. Acworth has lost no time in following up his interesting book on English railways with a very readable companion volume.  This is a concise review of the past history of Scottish railway enterprise, and a suggestive survey of the present outlook, with its notable activity of competition and exploitation.  From both aspects Mr. Acworth’s book, with its admirable map of existing lines and lines in progress, is eminently satisfactory.  Burning questions of amalgamation or of competitive and retaliatory policies are treated with discretion.  They are discussed, as was inevitable, but discussed within sober and proper bounds.”—­Saturday Review.

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THE ENGLISH POOR.

A SKETCH OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY.

By THOMAS MACKAY.

Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“To any one, be he gentle or simple, who wishes to understand how deep are the problems opening before the man who would administer the poor law wisely and beneficently, we can honestly commend this book of Mr. Mackay’s.  For ourselves, we have derived much pleasure and not a little instruction from its perusal.”—­St. James’s Gazette.

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A HANDBOOK TO THE DEATH DUTIES

By SYDNEY BUXTON, M.P., AND
GEORGE STAPYLTON BARNES, Barrister-at-Law.

Post 8vo. 3s. 6d.

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A NATURALIST IN NORTH CELEBES;

A NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS IN MINAHASSA, THE SANGIR AND TALAUT ISLANDS,

WITH NOTICES OF THE FAUNA, FLORA, AND ETHNOLOGY OF THE DISTRICTS
VISITED.

By SYDNEY J. HICKSON,
M.A. (Cantab.), D.Sc. (Lond.), F.Z.S., Fellow of Downing College, Camb.

With 2 Maps and 36 Illustrations. 8vo. 16s.