CONTENTS.

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[ CHAPTER I.] Introduction.--"The Good Old Times"	1
[ CHAPTER II.] Getting on Wheels.--Old Coaches, Roads and Highwaymen.--The Romance of the Road	6
[ CHAPTER III.] Social and Public Life.--Wrestling and Cock-Fighting.--An Eighteenth Century Debating Club	19
[ CHAPTER IV.] The Parochial Parliament and the Old Poor-Law	32
[ CHAPTER V.] Dogberry "On Duty"	47
[ CHAPTER VI.] The Dark Night of the Eighteenth Century.--The Shadow of Napoleon	56
[ CHAPTER VII.] Domestic Life and the Tax-Gatherer.--The Doctor and the Body-Snatcher	73
[ CHAPTER VIII.] Old Pains and Penalties.--From the Stocks to the Gallows	83
[ CHAPTER IX.] Old Manners and Customs.--Soldiers, Elections and Voters.--"Statties," Magic and Spells	92
[ CHAPTER X.] Trade, Agriculture and Market Ordinaries	103
[ CHAPTER XI.] Royston in 1800-25.--Its Surroundings, its Streets, and its People	110
[ CHAPTER XII.] Public Worship and Education.--Morals and Music	117
[ CHAPTER XIII.] Sports and Pastimes.--Cricket, Hunting, Racing, and Prize-Fighting.--The Butcher and the Baronet, and other Champions	130
[ CHAPTER XIV.] Old Coaching Days.--Stage Wagons and Stage Coaches	142
[ CHAPTER XV.] New Wine and Old Bottles.--A Parochial Revolution.--The Old Poor-House and the New "Bastille"	155
[ CHAPTER XVI.] When the Policeman Came.--When the Railway Came.--Curious and Memorable Events	174
[ CHAPTER XVII.] Then and Now.--Conclusion	191

ERRATA—Page 16, lines 9 and 29, for Dr. Monsey, read Dr. Mowse.

[Transcriber's note: These changes have been incorporated into this e-book.]