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CONTENTS
PART I—OMNIBUSES
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| Carrosses à cinq sous invented—Inauguration ceremony—M. Laffitte's omnibuses—The origin of the word "omnibus" as applied to coaches.. . . . | 3 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| George Shillibeer introduces omnibuses into England—The first omnibus route—Shillibeer's conductors defraud him—His plans for preventing fraud—An omnibus library— Shopkeepers complain of omnibus obstruction. . . . . . . . . . | 10 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| Shillibeer runs omnibuses in opposition to a railway—Extraordinary action of the Stamp and Taxes Office—Shillibeer is ruined—He appeals to the Government for compensation—Government promises not fulfilled—Shillibeer becomes an undertaker. . . . . . . . . | 28 |
