The Flying Horse. By H. Frith. (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.)—
There is still room apparently for more histories of the "iron horse." Mr. Frith has collected some of the more remarkable inci- dents and events of railway history in this volume. Many of us do not know the facts about the pioneers of the railway-engine, and there is plenty to be told about that early period which dates from the end of the last century. Mr. Frith has given us much that is of interest about many things connected with railroads; still there are one or two points we should have liked to have seen dwelt upon more at length. Some of us, too, would gladly have heard somewhat of the laying of the railroads themselves and such questions as the ethics of speed. It is significant that, as Mr. Frith remarks, a broader gauge has just been adopted by an American railroad, while we have abolished the last remnant of the seven-foot gauge. A broad gauge, indeed, may be more necessary on the rather loosely constructed permanent Ways of our cousins over the water.
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