CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
[PREFACE]ix
[INTRODUCTORY]1
I.[THE OLD POSTAL SYSTEM]39
II.[SOME EARLY POSTAL REFORMERS]70
III.[THE PLAN]92
IV.[EXIT THE OLD SYSTEM]119
V.[AT THE TREASURY]148
VI.[THE STAMPS]185
VII.[AT THE POST OFFICE]211
VIII.[AT THE POST OFFICE (Continued)]245
IX.[THE SUNSET OF LIFE]286
[APPENDIX—RESULTS OF POSTAL REFORM]306
[INDEX]311

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
[Sir Rowland Hill (Portrait by Rajon)]Frontispiece
[First Sketch of Postage Stamp]Title-page
[Rowland Hill's Birthplace, Kidderminster]7
[Bruce Castle School]15
[Thomas Wright Hill]17
[Joseph Pearson (Bust by Chantrey)]26
[Sir Rowland Hill (Photo by the London Stereoscopic Co.)]49
[Facsimile of Rowland Hill's Writing]97
[No. 2 Burton Crescent]109
[Caroline Pearson, Lady Hill]141
[No. 1 Orme Square]149
[An Old Post Office]157
[The Mulready Envelope]205
[Sir Rowland Hill (Photo by Maull & Polyblank)]209
[Early Travelling Post Office with Mail-bags Exchange Apparatus]240
[Pearson Hill]244
[Sir Rowland Hill (“Graphic” portrait)]286
[The Statue, Kidderminster]301

INTRODUCTORY