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Introduction

1

The most Ancient Roads

2

The Assyrian Roads

4

Caligula’s Whim

5

Carthaginian Roads

6

Grecian Roads

7

Roman Roads

8

Celtic and Germanic Roads

13

Roads in the Dark Ages

15

Insecurity of Travelling

16

The Norman Barons

17

Speed in Travelling

22

CÆsar’s Journeys

23

Fast Bishops

24

Roman Senators

25

Wolsey’s Speed

26

Lord Peterborough

27

Travelling Charges

28

Petruchio’s Horse

29

Cotton’s Ride

32

Tour in Derbyshire

33

Speed in Travelling

37

Wakes and Fairs

39

Roman Compitalia

39

The Fairs of the East

40

Obstructions to Trade

41

Expenses and Retinues

42

Ancient Travellers

43

The Family Coach

48

A Journey to London

50

Highwaymen

53

The Boston Mail

54

Arms and the Men

55

The Decay of Beggars

56

The Mendicant Orders

57

Highway Legislation

58

Roadside Inns

59

Roadside Meals

60

Stage Coaches

61

Dangers of the Road

62

Voltaire and his Companions

63

Running Footmen

64

Out-runners

65

The Judge and the Bar

66

Road-making

67

Tolls and Turnpikes

68

Miry Roads

69

Travelling in Search of a Sister

70

Tardiness of News

72

Post Chaises

73

French Postilions

74

The Pedlar

75

The Son of Mercury

76

The Packman’s Ghost

77

Wordsworth’s Pedlar

78

A Coachman’s Dirge

79

Compensation for Speed

80

Goodly Prospects

81

The Inns of England

82

English Innkeepers

83

English Horses

84

Old Roads of the Continent

86

Ser Brunetto

87

Roads of Italy, Spain, Portugal, and France

88

Roads of Asia

90

The March up and down

91

The Early Travellers

92

The Wilderness of Lop

94

Hebrew Travellers

94

A Jewish Road-book

96

Inns of Cathay

98

Tartar Post-houses

99

The Khan’s Foot-posts

100

The Roads of the Incas

101

New Roads

104

Work and Pain

106

Work and Wages

107

Reaction and its inconveniences

108

Sydney Smith

110

Keeping Troth

111

Conclusion

112

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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