Railway Adventur
章节目录
共 313 题- EDITED BY RICHARD PIKE.
- THIRD EDITION.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- ORIGIN OF RAILWAYS
- WAY-LEAVES.
- SIR ISAAC NEWTON’S PREDICTION OF RAILWAY SPEED.
- THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILROAD ANTICIPATED.
- EARLY STEAM CARRIAGES.
- FIRST RAILWAY BILL.
- RAILWAY FROM MERSTHAM TO WANDSWORTH.
- RAILWAY ANNOUNCEMENT.
- MERTHYR TYDVIL RAILWAY.
- AN AFFRIGHTED TOLL-KEEPER.
- AN EARLY RAILWAY.
- SHREWD OBSERVERS.
- CUVIER’S DESCRIPTION OF THE LOCOMOTIVE.
- A RAILWAY PROJECTOR.
- OPENING OF THE DARLINGTON AND STOCKTON RAILWAY.
- EARLY RAILWAY COMPETITION.
- CALCULATION AS TO RAILWAY SPEED.
- ALARMIST VIEWS.
- PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION.
- SPEED OF RAILWAY ENGINES.
- DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN MAKING RAILWAY SURVEYS.
- LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
- MY DEAREST H—:
- MRS. BLACKBURNE’S PRESENTIMENT.
- ELEVATED SIGHT-SEERS WISHING TO DESCEND.
- THE DUKE’S CARRIAGE.
- LORD BROUGHAM’S SPEECH.
- AN EARLY RIDE ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
- EARLY RAILWAY TRAVELLING.
- CRABB ROBINSON’S FIRST RAILWAY JOURNEY.
- EARLY AMERICAN RAILWAY ENTERPRISE.
- ENGLISH AND AMERICAN OPPOSITION.
- AN UNPLEASANT TRIAL TRIP.
- PROGNOSTICATIONS OF FAILURE.
- SIR ASTLEY COOPER’S OPPOSITION TO THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
- OPPOSITION TO MAKING SURVEYS.
- SANITARY OBJECTIONS.
- ELEVATED RAILWAYS.
- EVIDENCE OF A GENERAL SALESMAN.
- THE ANXIOUS HAIR-DRESSER.
- SHARP PRACTICE.
- A NAVVY’S REASON FOR NOT GOING TO CHURCH.
- SNAKES’ HEADS.
- PREJUDICE REMOVED.
- A RIDE FROM BOSTON TO PROVIDENCE IN 1835.
- APPEALING TO THE CLERGY.
- AIR-WAYS INSTEAD OF RAILWAYS.
- PREJUDICE AGAINST CARRYING COALS BY RAILWAYS.
- AN EPITAPH ON THE VICTIM OF A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
- AN ENGINE-DRIVER’S EPITAPH.
- TRAFFIC-TAKING.
- MONEY LOST AND FOUND.
- ORIGIN OF COOK’S RAILWAY EXCURSIONS.
- THE DEODAND.
- AN UNFORTUNATE DISCUSSION.
- DOG TICKET.
- THE ELECTRIC CONSTABLE.
- RUNAWAY MATCH.
- A RAILWAY ROMANCE.
- GIGANTIC POWER OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES.
- NOVEL NOTICE TO DEFAULTING SHAREHOLDERS.
- A QUICK DECISION.
- THE VERSAILLES ACCIDENT IN 1842.
- AN AMATEUR SIGNALMAN.
- STEAM WHISTLE.
- EXEMPTION FROM ACCIDENTS.
- RIVAL CONTRACTORS AND THE BLOTTING PAD.
- RAILWAY LEGISLATION.
- AN EXPENSIVE PARLIAMENTARY BILL.
- THE RECTOR AND HIS PIG.
- SIR MORTON PETO’S RAILWAY MISSION.
- CLEVER CAPTURE.
- COMPENSATION FOR LAND.
- A LANDOWNER’S OPPOSITION.
- PICTURE EVIDENCE.
- EXTRAORDINARY USE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
- LOST LUGGAGE.
- VERY NICE TO BE A RAILWAY ENGINEER.
- AN ACCOMMODATING CONTRACTOR.
- THE TWO DUKES AND THE TRAVELLER.
- THE GREAT RAILWAY MANIA DAY.
- PARODY UPON THE RAILWAY MANIA.
- RAILWAY FACILITIES FOR BUSINESS.
- RAILWAYS AND THE POST-OFFICE.
- RAILWAY SIGNALS.
- FOG-SIGNALS.
- WORDSWORTH’S PROTEST.
- THE HON. EDWARD EVERETT’S REPLY TO WORDSWORTH’S PROTEST.
- REMARKABLE ADVERTISEMENT.
- RAILWAY EPIGRAM.
- SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.
- LOUIS PHILIPPE AND THE ENGLISH NAVVIES.
- ADVANTAGES OF RAILWAY-TUNNELS.
- DAMAGES EASILY ADJUSTED.
- LIABILITIES OF RAILWAY ENGINEERS FOR THEIR ERRORS.
- EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.
- PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.
- HIS PORTMANTEAU.
- GROWTH OF STATION BOOKSHOPS.
- MESSRS. SMITHS’ BOOKSTALLS.
- A RESIDENT ENGINEER AND SCIENTIFIC WITNESS.
- EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A RAILWAY JUNCTION.
- GOODS’ COMPETITION.
- A POLITE REQUEST.
- A CHASE AFTER A RUNAWAY ENGINE.
- STEAM DEFINED.
- IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.
- A QUICK WAY.
- HIGHLANDER AND A RAILWAY ENGINE.
- EXTRACTS FROM MACREADY’S DIARIES.
- FREAKS OF CONCEALED BOGS.
- A RAILWAY MARRIAGE.
- ATTEMPTED FRAUDS.
- A BRIDE’S LOST LUGGAGE.
- THIRD-CLASS PASSENGERS.
- IMPROVEMENT IN THIRD-CLASS TRAVELLING.
- A GREAT DISCOVERY.
- A DREADED EVIL.
- REMARKABLE ADVENTURE.
- SAFETY ON THE FLOOR.
- LIFE UPON THE RAILWAY, BY A CONDUCTOR.
- A COUNTY COURT JUDGE’S FEELING AGAINST RAILWAYS.
- RAILWAY TICKETS.
- TAKEN ABACK.
- FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
- NARROW ESCAPES FROM BEING LYNCHED.
- CURIOUS NOTICE.
- OBTAINING INFORMATION.
- THE GOAT AND THE RAILWAY.
- THE FIRST RAILWAY IN THE CRIMEA.
- THE BALACLAVA RAILWAY.
- PASSENGERS AND OTHER CATTLE.
- EXPANSION OF RAILS.
- A SMART REJOINDER.
- COURTING ON A RAILWAY THIRTY MILES AN HOUR.
- THE MERCHANT AND HIS CLERK.
- REMARKABLE WILL.
- IMMENSE FRAUD ON THE GREAT-NORTHERN RAILWAY.
- A LOST TICKET.
- MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—SINGULAR ACTION.
- A CATASTROPHE.
- WEDDING AT A RAILWAY STATION.
- ENGINE FASCINATION.
- COMPETITION FOR PASSENGERS.
- ACCIDENT HOAX.
- A’PENNY A MILE.
- SINGULAR FREAK.
- A.B.C. AND D.E.F.
- NATIONAL CONTRAST.
- REMARKABLE ACCIDENT.
- ENGINEERING LOAN, OR STAKING OUT A RAILWAY.
- Beau, turning to the nigger, cried out—
- The planter revolved the matter in his mind for a moment and exclaimed:—
- MR. FRANK BUCKLAND’S FIRST RAILWAY JOURNEY.
- AN IDEA ON RAILWAYS.
- BURNING THE ROAD CLEAR.
- HARSH TREATMENT OF A MAN OF COLOUR.
- QUITE TOO CLEVER
- A DIFFICULTY SOLVED.
- AN EXACTING LADY.
- AMERICAN PATIENCE AND IMPERTURBABILITY.
- A WIDE-AWAKE CONDUCTOR.
- A KID-GLOVED SAMSON.
- A RAILWAY TRAIN TURNED INTO A MAN-TRAP.
- THE RULING OCCUPATION STRONG ON SUNDAY.
- THE GOOD THINGS OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
- BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
- AN EARLY MORNING RIDE TO THE RAILWAY STATION.
- CHEAP FARES.
- WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
- REPROOF FOR SWEARING.
- THE BULLY RIGHTLY SERVED.
- LIABILITY OF COMPANIES FOR DELAY OF TRAINS.
- THE DYING ENGINE DRIVER.
- TRENT STATION.
- STEEL RAILS.
- CURIOUS CASUALTY.
- GEORGE STEPHENSON’S WEDDING PRESENT.
- THE POLITE IRISHMAN.
- AN ENTERTAINING COMPANION.
- NOVEL ATTACK.
- WOLVES ON A RAILWAY.
- ARTEMUS WARD’S SUGGESTION.
- COACH VERSUS RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
- BAVARIAN GUARDS AND BAVARIAN BEER.
- THE RAILWAY SWITCH-TENDER AND HIS CHILD.
- VERY COOL.
- THE BLACK REDSTART.
- STOPPING A RUNAWAY COUPLE.
- A MADMAN IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.
- INSURED.
- A NEW TRICK.
- A TRAIN STOPPED BY CATERPILLARS.
- TRAVELLING IN RUSSIA.
- AN ARMY WITH BANNERS.
- SEIZURE OF A RAILWAY TRAIN FOR DEBT.
- A KANGAROO ATTACKING A TRAIN.
- SHE TAKES FITS.
- SNAGS’ CORNERS.
- A NEWSPAPER WONDER.
- MONETARY DIFFICULTIES IN SPAIN.
- A CARLIST CHIEF AS A SUB-CONTRACTOR.
- HOW TO BEAR LOSSES.
- RAILROAD INCIDENT.
- NOVEL OBSTRUCTION.
- BABY LAW.
- RAILROAD TRACKLAYER.
- A GROWING LAD.
- FORGED TICKETS.
- A YANKEE COMPENSATION CASE.
- ABERGELE ACCIDENT.
- RAILWAY DESTROYERS IN THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR.
- FRIGHTENED AT A RED LIGHT.
- THE DECOY TRUNK.
- DRIVING A LAST SPIKE.
- MARRIAGE AND RAILWAY DIVIDENDS.
- SECURITY FOR TRAVELLING.
- THE NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY.
- ENGINE DRIVING.
- ENGINE DRIVERS’ PRESENCE OF MIND.
- A SMUGGLING LOCOMOTIVE.
- THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY.
- AN INSULTED WOMAN.
- DISSATISFIED PASSENGERS.
- COPY OF A NOTICE.
- SNOWED UP ON THE PACIFIC RAILWAY.
- A SELL.
- AT FAULT.
- A WIDOW’S CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.
- THE LADY AND HER LAP-DOG.
- WHAT IS PASSENGERS’ LUGGAGE?
- CONVERSION OF THE GAUGE.
- FOURTH-OF-JULY FACTS.
- TAY BRIDGE ACCIDENT.
- AN EXTRAORDINARY WAIF.
- A RAILWAY SLEEPER.
- NOT TO BE CAUGHT.
- THE DOCTOR AND THE OFFICERS.
- THE BOTHERED QUEEN’S COUNSEL.
- A BRAVE ENGINE DRIVER.
- AN INDUSTRIOUS BISHOP.
- COOL IMPUDENCE AND DISHONESTY.
- THE BOOKING-CLERK AND BUCKLAND.
- REMARKABLE RESCUE OF A CHILD.
- FEMALE FRAGILITY.
- TAKING HIM DOWN A PEG.
- A REMARKABLE NOTICE.
- FLUTTER CAUSED BY THE MURDER OF MR. BRIGGS.
- AN EXTRAORDINARY BLUNDER.
- A CURIOUS RACE.
- A GREENLANDER’S FIRST RAILWAY RIDE.
- A NOVEL ACTION.
- A KISS IN THE DARK.
- THE GRAVEDIGGER’S SUGGESTION.
- AN AMUSING INCIDENT.
- A LITTLE BOY’S COOLNESS.
- PHOTOGRAPHING AN EXPRESS TRAIN.
- NERVOUSNESS.
- A PROFITABLE RAILWAY.
- THE POLITE BRAHMIN.
- MR. FRANK BUCKLAND AND HIS BOOTS.
- DRINKING FROM THE WRONG BOTTLE.
- HORSES VERSUS RAILWAYS.
- A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
- EXPENSIVE CONTRACTS.
- MR. BRASSEY’S STRICT ADHERENCE TO HIS WORD.
- S. S.
- EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.
- REMARKABLE MEMORY FOR SOUNDS.
- A DISINGENUOUS BISHOP.
- DROPPING THE LETTER “L.”
- THE SAFEST SEAT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.
- RAILWAYS A JUDGMENT.
- CLAIM FOR GOODWILL FOR COW KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.
- THE INSURANCE AGENT.
- TOUTING FOR BUSINESS AND FRAUDS.
- HEROISM OF A DRIVER.
- IT’S CROYDON.
- YOUR TICKET.
- AN OLD SCOTCH LADY ON THE LOSS OF HER BOX.
- RAILWAY MANNERS.
- A BRAVE GIRL.
- SHUT UP IN A LARGE BOX.
- AWFUL DEATH ON A RAILROAD BRIDGE.
- THAT ACCURSED DRINK.
- RAILWAY UP VESUVIUS.
- EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE OF BALLOONISTS.
- PULLING A TOOTH BY STEAM.
- A HEAVY SLEEPER.
- A MAD ENGINE-DRIVER.
- A MEXICAN CHIEF’S RAILWAY IMPRESSIONS.
- MY ORDERS.
- LUGGAGE IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES.
- EFFECTS OF CONSTANT RAILWAY TRAVELLING.
- AN ELECTRIC TRAMWAY INCIDENT.
- DUTY IN DISGUISE.
- THE MARQUIS OF HARTINGTON ON GEORGE STEPHENSON.
- THE STEPHENSON CENTENARY.
- REMARKABLE COINCIDENCES.
- LOSS OF TASTE.
- INGENIOUS SWINDLING.
- DANGEROUS LUGGAGE.
- STUMPED.
- EXCURSIONISTS PUT TO THE PROOF.
- A MONKEY SIGNALMAN.
- A CURIOUS CLASSIFICATION.
- PULLMAN’S CARRIAGES.
- PROFITABLE DAMAGES.
- RAILWAY ENTERPRISE.