The history of steam navigation

LIVERPOOL IN 1837.
THE
HISTORY
STEAM NAVIGATION.
JOHN KENNEDY.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
PUBLISHED BY CHARLES BIRCHALL, LIMITED, 7 & 9, VICTORIA STREET, LIVERPOOL.
1903.
C. TINLING AND CO., PRINTERS, VICTORIA STREET, LIVERPOOL.
The historical information contained in this volume has been in a large measure collected from the Press of the period, and chiefly from the Times , Liverpool Mercury , Glasgow Herald , and Chambers’ Journal . Lindsay’s “ Merchant Shipping ,” a most admirable work, has also been consulted, as well as other works of a similar nature. The name of the authority quoted has been given in most cases, but, where I have been unable to do so, I trust this general acknowledgment will suffice.
Some of the chapters in Part II. were contributed in 1901 to the Journal of Commerce , as part of a series of articles on “Historical Steamship Companies.” Chapter XXII. in Part I. was published in the May number (1903) of the Wide World Magazine , under the title of “The Strange Case of the Ferret.”
I take this opportunity of thanking the Directors, Managers, Agents, and other officials of the various Steamship Companies referred to, by all of whom, and at all times, I have been treated with the utmost courtesy. I desire also to express my appreciation of the uniform kindness and assistance received from the Librarians of the Bootle, Glasgow, and Liverpool Libraries in placing at my disposal publications, some of which were printed nearly a hundred years ago.