During the nineteenth century Britain’s maritime, commercial and colonial interests all depended upon a regular and reliable flow of seaborne information from

This volume recounts the development of the American steamship. The period surveyed stretches from the days of Robert Fulton to the early 1870s. Also presented

A weekly review of politics, literature, theology, and art.

Beginning with 1894 consists mainly of the Proceedings [etc.] of the American philatelic association.