Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 29
A MODERN LETTER-BOX OF PARIS. ters are taken out by opening a large door andliterally shoveling the mail-matter into a bag. The letter-box in the general post-office inEngland is a magnificent construction. The sign-board is made of brass, on which the directions … are engraved in ink. Large slits provide for thecountry and colonial mails, and there is also adifferent compartment for newspapers and par-cels. The modern French letter-box has the shapeof a pillar, profusely ornamented with the con-ventional lily. The whole box or stand is fash-ioned after a…
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