chronological, biographical, literary, and critical : tracing the progress of the art in this country from the invasion of the Romans to the present time

together with those which have been abandoned for the present session; to which are added, a table of distances from the proposed London termini to eight well-known places in the metropolis; a table exhibiting the length, cost, tunnelling, curves, etc., of each of the railways for which bills are now in progress through Parliament : with a glossary; and other useful information

to which is added, a glossary of technical terms, used in civil engineering, explaining and illustrating every word in ordinary use; and the details of Hawthorne's celebrated locomotive engine, for the Paris and Versailles railway

practically described and illustrated

the history and prospects of the railway system

historical, theoretical and practical : illustrated by upwards of three thousend engravings on wood by R. Branston