The illustrated book of wonders, events, and discoveries : with continuation : On ragged schools, or, Great results from small beginnings, and the overland route to India, furnished by the secretaries of the societies / by John Timbs
A selection of stories about wonders, events and discoveries in the world, including Robert Stephenson's railway engineering achievements, fires in coal mines, submarine electric telegraphs, the history of the Ko.Panorama of the Mississippi and Missouri Riversa and the overland route to India.
