Great movements, and those who achieved them (1882)
Nicoll, Henry James · New York, Harper & Bros. · leaf 489
telegraphsby the state was a great public boon. The system was largelyextended, and the adoption of a uniform rate of tariff w^as avery considerable convenience. There seems some hope that in the course of another yearsixpenny telegrams will be introduced, which will doubtlesslead to a great… … INDEX. Apam, Dr., of Ediuburgh High School,123. Adhesive stamps, Rowland Hills firstsuggestion of, 223 ; first issue of, 230. Advertisement duty first imposed, 291;Douglas Jerrold on the, 297. Advertisement duty, the, and educa-tion, 300, 305; ten objections to, 301;how it injured provincial…
