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ITS CURIOSITIES AND ROMANCE BY JAMES WILSON HYDE SUPERINTENDENT IN THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE, EDINBURGH
THIRD EDITION
LONDON SIMPKIN, MARSHALL AND CO. MDCCCLXXXIX. All Rights reserved.
Note.—It is of melancholy interest that Mr Fawcett's death occurred within a month from the date on which he accepted the following Dedication, and before the issue of the Work.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY FAWCETT, M. P. HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER-GENERAL, THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE, BY PERMISSION, RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.