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Midland Railway.
MIDLAND RAILWAY .
THE MOST INTERESTING- ROUTE TO SCOTLAND , including the BEST PARTS OP THE LAND OP BURNS , HOME AND HAUNTS OP SIR WALTER SCOTT , THE "PORTH" BRIDGE , & c , & c , ON THE DIRECT LINE OP ROUTE . Summer Train Service . a . m . a . m . a . m . p . m . p . m . p . m . LONDON ( St . Pancras ) dep . 5 15 10 30 10 35 2 10 9 15 10 0 Carlisle arr . 1 5 5 0 5 45 8 55 4 15 4 40 Ayr 4 50 7 55 ... 11 34 ... 7 17 GLASGOW ( St . Enoch ) „ 3 45 7 35 ... 11 25 7 10 7 20 Greenock „ 4 18 8 15 ... 12 18 ... 8 22 EDINBUEGH ( Wav . ) ... „ 3 55 ... 8 20 ... 6 50 7 A 5 Oban , 8 45 ... 4 45 ... 2 B 5 2 A 5 Fort William , 12 B 40 ... Perth ) v . f „ 5 37 ... 10 32 ... 8 50 8 A 50 Dundee [ " ™ , „ 6 10 ... 10 47 ... 8 40 8 A 40 Aberdeen f £ „; 7 f 0 ' „ 8 40 ... 12 45 ... 10 30 10 A 30 Inverness ) -Bna & e ^ ^ 6 B 10 ^ 2 4 Q 2 A 4 Q Stranraer ( for Belfast ) ... „ 5 30 8 7
* First and Third Class Dining Carriages by these trains . . A These times of arrival do not apply to Sunday or Monday mornings during August , nor to these Stations on any day after 1 st September . B Ho connection on Sunday .
KS" For Services to Peak of Derbyshire , the English Lake District , the Isle of Man , Ireland , the Yorkshire Watering Places , and other Holiday Besorts on , and in connection with , the Midland Bailway , see the Company ' s Time-tables and other announcements to be had on publication .
INCREASED FACILITIES FOR TOURISTS TO SCOTLAND TO TRAVEL BY ALTERNATIVE ROUTES . Passengers taking Tourist Tickets from Stations on the Midland Bailway
to Glasgow , via North British or Glasgow and South Western Bailways , may now travel at option on the return journey either by the North British Waverley route via Edinburgh , or from Glasgow ( St . Enoch ) by the Glasgow and South Western route via Dumfries and Annan .
WESTERN HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS . A Through Express is run from London ( St . Pancras ) to Greenock at 10-0 p . m ., conveying Tourists from London and all parts of the Midland Eailway System for the Firth of Clyde , and the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland .
DAYLIGHT SERVICE 70 ROTHESAY—Via Greenock ( Princes Pier ) . A Daylight Service throughout to the Highlands and Watering Places on the Firth of Clyde will be given during August , leaving London ( St . Pancras ) at 10-30 a . m ., arriving at Greenock at 8-15 p . m ., in time to join the G . and S . W . Bailway Co . ' s Steamer , reaching Bothesay at 9-30 p . m .
NEW WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY . The 9-15 p . m . Express from London ( St . Pancras ) is in direct connection at Edinburgh , with train to Fort William and other stations on the new West Highland Eailway . Through Carriage , St . Pancras to Fort William , at 9-15 p . m ., and Fort William to St . Pancras at 325 p . m .
TRAVELLING ACCOMMODATION , & c . First and Third Class Dining Carriages by the Morning and Afternoon Express Trains between London ( St . Pancras ) and Glasgow ( St . Enoch ) . Sleeping Cars leave London ( St . Pancras ) for Edinburgh at 9-15
p . m ., and for Glasgow at 10 - 0 p . m ., also from Edinburgh at 9-50 and Glasgow ( St . Enoch ) at 9-15 p . m . for St . Pancras . Luncheon and Dining Cars by some of the Express Trains from and to London ( St . Pancras ) . Family Saloons , Invalid Carriages , Engaged Compartments , & c , arranged on application .
Pillows may be hired by travellers in the Night Mail and Express Trains from London ( St . Pancras ) aDd other towns at a prepaid charge of 6 d each .
WHERE TO GO AND STAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS .-" List of Furnished Lodgings in Farmhouses , Country Districts , & c . " ; "The Peak of Derbyshire "; and other books , may be had free on application to the Midland Company . The following new ' books are also now ready : —
" Pocket Guide to the Midland Eailway " ( price 6 d ) ; " Holiday Tours in the British Isles " ( price 3 d ); " Pocket Diary and Guide to the Isle of Man and English Lake District " ( price 2 d ) . GEO . H . TUENEE , General Manager . Derby , August 1896 .
Great Western Railway.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY .
AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY .
T 71 XCURSION TRAINS will leave Paddington Station as under : Every Friday Night at 10-10 p . m . for Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Plymouth , Devonport , Bodmin , Wadebridge , Newquay , Truro , Falmouth , St . Ives , Penzance , Scilly Islands , & o ., for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . Every Friday Night , at 12-25 ( midnight ) , for Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Carmarthen , Tenby , New Milford , & c , for 7 or 14 days .
Saturday , 1 st August , at 8-15 a . m ., for Witney , Cheltenham , Evesham , Worcester , Malvern , & c , to return 6 th August . At 9-55 a . m ., for Crewe , Stockport , Manchester , & c , to return 3 rd or 6 th August . At 6-50 p . m ., for Stratford-on-Avon and Dudley , to return 3 rd or 6 th August . At 7-5 p . m ., for Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham and Wolverhampton , to return 3 rd and 6 th August .
Every Saturday , at 8-50 a . m . ( Special Daylight Service Express ) , and at 9-45 p . m . ( Night Boat Express ) for Guernsey and Jersey , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . Return Fare : Third Class and After Cabin , 24 s 6 d . Shortest Sea Passage—Direct Steamers—Saturday to Monday Trips .
At 7-55 a . m ., for Minehead , Lynton , Lynmouth , Barnstaple , llfracombe , Plymouth , Devonport , Newquay , Truro , Falmouth , St . Ives , Penzance , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . At 8-5 a . m . for Shrewsbury , Oswestry , Chester , Liverpool , Borth , Aberystwyth , Llangollen , Corvven , Bala , Blaenau , Festiniog , Dolgelly , Barmouth , Harlech , Criccieth , Rhyl , Llandudno , Conway , Bettws-y-Coed , Bangor , Carnarvon , Llanberis ( for Snowdon ) , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . Also for 6 days to Chester , Liverpool , & c .
At 8-40 a . m . for Weston-super-Mare , Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Kingswear , Dartmouth , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . At 9-30 a . m . for Douglas , Isle of Man , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . At 11-15 a . m . for Frome , Shepton Mallet , Wells , Yeovil , Bridport ,
Dorchester , Weymouth , Portland , & c , for 3 , 10 or 17 days . At 12-5 p . m . for Newbury , Marlborough , Devizes , Trowbridge , War minster , & o ., for 3 , 10 or 17 days . At 12-40 p . m . for Clevedon , Bridgwater , Taunton , Minehead , Barn staple , Ilfracombe , Wellington ( Som . ) , Tiverton , & c , for 8 , 10 or 17 days .
At 6-15 p . m ., for Chippenham , Bath and Bristol , for 3 , 10 or 17 days . At 4-5 p . m ., for Stroud , Cheltenham , Hereford , & c , for 3 , 10 or 17 days . At 10-10 p . m . for Weston-super-Mare , Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Kingswear , Plymouth , Truro , Penzance , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days .
Sunday , 2 nd August , 8-15 a . m ., for Cirencester , Stroud , Cheltenham , & c , for 1 , 2 or 8 days . Sunday , Midnight , 12-15 a . m . ( Monday morning ) , fox Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c , for 1 or 4 days . Monday , 3 rd August , 6-5 a . m ., for Swindon , Chippenham , Bath and Bristol , for 1 , 2 , 8 , or 15 days .
At 6-50 a . m . for Stroud , Stonehouse , Cheltenham , & c , for 1 or 8 days At 7-10 a . m . Day Trip to Reading , Pangbourno , Goring , Wallingford , Swindon , & c . Cheap Day Trip Tickets will be issued to Beading by any train up to and including the 2-28 p . m . from Paddington .
Cheap Third Class Return Tickets are issued Daily , by certain trains from Paddington to Staines and back 2 / -, Windsor 2 / 6 , Burnham Beeches 3 / - ,. Maidenhead 3 / -, Henley 3 / 6 , Goring 6 / -, Wallingford ( not on Sundays ) 7 / -, & c . Bills , pamphlets and Lists of Farmhouse and Country Lodgings can be obtained at the Company ' s Stations and at the usual Eecoiving Offices . J . L . WILKINSON , General Manager .
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LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY . HALF DAY IN SHAKESPEARE'S COUNTRY . ON Thursday , 6 th August , a cheap excusion will leave London ( Euston ) 12-30 p . m ., Chalk Farm 12-9 p . m ., Kilburn 12-15 p . m ., Chelsea 11-52 a . m ., West Brompton 11-56 a . m ., Kensington ( Addison Eoad ) 12-12 p . m ., Uxbridge Road 12-14 p . m ., Willesden Junction 12-40 p . m ., Clapham Junction 11-46 a . m ., and Battersea 11-49 a . m ., for Stratford-on-Avon , returning same evening , at 7 . 40 p . m . Third Class Return Fare , 3 s 6 d . For further particulars see small bills , which can be obtained at any of the Company ' s Stations and Town Offices . FEED HAEEISON , General Manager . London , July 1896 .
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THE PROBLEM ART , a Treatise on how to Solve and how to compose Chess Problems . By T . B . Rowland and F . S . Rowland . Second edition , price 2 s 6 d , post free from W . W . Morgan , New Barnet .
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Midland Railway.
MIDLAND RAILWAY .
THE MOST INTERESTING- ROUTE TO SCOTLAND , including the BEST PARTS OP THE LAND OP BURNS , HOME AND HAUNTS OP SIR WALTER SCOTT , THE "PORTH" BRIDGE , & c , & c , ON THE DIRECT LINE OP ROUTE . Summer Train Service . a . m . a . m . a . m . p . m . p . m . p . m . LONDON ( St . Pancras ) dep . 5 15 10 30 10 35 2 10 9 15 10 0 Carlisle arr . 1 5 5 0 5 45 8 55 4 15 4 40 Ayr 4 50 7 55 ... 11 34 ... 7 17 GLASGOW ( St . Enoch ) „ 3 45 7 35 ... 11 25 7 10 7 20 Greenock „ 4 18 8 15 ... 12 18 ... 8 22 EDINBUEGH ( Wav . ) ... „ 3 55 ... 8 20 ... 6 50 7 A 5 Oban , 8 45 ... 4 45 ... 2 B 5 2 A 5 Fort William , 12 B 40 ... Perth ) v . f „ 5 37 ... 10 32 ... 8 50 8 A 50 Dundee [ " ™ , „ 6 10 ... 10 47 ... 8 40 8 A 40 Aberdeen f £ „; 7 f 0 ' „ 8 40 ... 12 45 ... 10 30 10 A 30 Inverness ) -Bna & e ^ ^ 6 B 10 ^ 2 4 Q 2 A 4 Q Stranraer ( for Belfast ) ... „ 5 30 8 7
* First and Third Class Dining Carriages by these trains . . A These times of arrival do not apply to Sunday or Monday mornings during August , nor to these Stations on any day after 1 st September . B Ho connection on Sunday .
KS" For Services to Peak of Derbyshire , the English Lake District , the Isle of Man , Ireland , the Yorkshire Watering Places , and other Holiday Besorts on , and in connection with , the Midland Bailway , see the Company ' s Time-tables and other announcements to be had on publication .
INCREASED FACILITIES FOR TOURISTS TO SCOTLAND TO TRAVEL BY ALTERNATIVE ROUTES . Passengers taking Tourist Tickets from Stations on the Midland Bailway
to Glasgow , via North British or Glasgow and South Western Bailways , may now travel at option on the return journey either by the North British Waverley route via Edinburgh , or from Glasgow ( St . Enoch ) by the Glasgow and South Western route via Dumfries and Annan .
WESTERN HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS . A Through Express is run from London ( St . Pancras ) to Greenock at 10-0 p . m ., conveying Tourists from London and all parts of the Midland Eailway System for the Firth of Clyde , and the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland .
DAYLIGHT SERVICE 70 ROTHESAY—Via Greenock ( Princes Pier ) . A Daylight Service throughout to the Highlands and Watering Places on the Firth of Clyde will be given during August , leaving London ( St . Pancras ) at 10-30 a . m ., arriving at Greenock at 8-15 p . m ., in time to join the G . and S . W . Bailway Co . ' s Steamer , reaching Bothesay at 9-30 p . m .
NEW WEST HIGHLAND RAILWAY . The 9-15 p . m . Express from London ( St . Pancras ) is in direct connection at Edinburgh , with train to Fort William and other stations on the new West Highland Eailway . Through Carriage , St . Pancras to Fort William , at 9-15 p . m ., and Fort William to St . Pancras at 325 p . m .
TRAVELLING ACCOMMODATION , & c . First and Third Class Dining Carriages by the Morning and Afternoon Express Trains between London ( St . Pancras ) and Glasgow ( St . Enoch ) . Sleeping Cars leave London ( St . Pancras ) for Edinburgh at 9-15
p . m ., and for Glasgow at 10 - 0 p . m ., also from Edinburgh at 9-50 and Glasgow ( St . Enoch ) at 9-15 p . m . for St . Pancras . Luncheon and Dining Cars by some of the Express Trains from and to London ( St . Pancras ) . Family Saloons , Invalid Carriages , Engaged Compartments , & c , arranged on application .
Pillows may be hired by travellers in the Night Mail and Express Trains from London ( St . Pancras ) aDd other towns at a prepaid charge of 6 d each .
WHERE TO GO AND STAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS .-" List of Furnished Lodgings in Farmhouses , Country Districts , & c . " ; "The Peak of Derbyshire "; and other books , may be had free on application to the Midland Company . The following new ' books are also now ready : —
" Pocket Guide to the Midland Eailway " ( price 6 d ) ; " Holiday Tours in the British Isles " ( price 3 d ); " Pocket Diary and Guide to the Isle of Man and English Lake District " ( price 2 d ) . GEO . H . TUENEE , General Manager . Derby , August 1896 .
Great Western Railway.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY .
AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY .
T 71 XCURSION TRAINS will leave Paddington Station as under : Every Friday Night at 10-10 p . m . for Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Plymouth , Devonport , Bodmin , Wadebridge , Newquay , Truro , Falmouth , St . Ives , Penzance , Scilly Islands , & o ., for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . Every Friday Night , at 12-25 ( midnight ) , for Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Carmarthen , Tenby , New Milford , & c , for 7 or 14 days .
Saturday , 1 st August , at 8-15 a . m ., for Witney , Cheltenham , Evesham , Worcester , Malvern , & c , to return 6 th August . At 9-55 a . m ., for Crewe , Stockport , Manchester , & c , to return 3 rd or 6 th August . At 6-50 p . m ., for Stratford-on-Avon and Dudley , to return 3 rd or 6 th August . At 7-5 p . m ., for Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham and Wolverhampton , to return 3 rd and 6 th August .
Every Saturday , at 8-50 a . m . ( Special Daylight Service Express ) , and at 9-45 p . m . ( Night Boat Express ) for Guernsey and Jersey , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . Return Fare : Third Class and After Cabin , 24 s 6 d . Shortest Sea Passage—Direct Steamers—Saturday to Monday Trips .
At 7-55 a . m ., for Minehead , Lynton , Lynmouth , Barnstaple , llfracombe , Plymouth , Devonport , Newquay , Truro , Falmouth , St . Ives , Penzance , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . At 8-5 a . m . for Shrewsbury , Oswestry , Chester , Liverpool , Borth , Aberystwyth , Llangollen , Corvven , Bala , Blaenau , Festiniog , Dolgelly , Barmouth , Harlech , Criccieth , Rhyl , Llandudno , Conway , Bettws-y-Coed , Bangor , Carnarvon , Llanberis ( for Snowdon ) , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . Also for 6 days to Chester , Liverpool , & c .
At 8-40 a . m . for Weston-super-Mare , Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Kingswear , Dartmouth , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . At 9-30 a . m . for Douglas , Isle of Man , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . At 11-15 a . m . for Frome , Shepton Mallet , Wells , Yeovil , Bridport ,
Dorchester , Weymouth , Portland , & c , for 3 , 10 or 17 days . At 12-5 p . m . for Newbury , Marlborough , Devizes , Trowbridge , War minster , & o ., for 3 , 10 or 17 days . At 12-40 p . m . for Clevedon , Bridgwater , Taunton , Minehead , Barn staple , Ilfracombe , Wellington ( Som . ) , Tiverton , & c , for 8 , 10 or 17 days .
At 6-15 p . m ., for Chippenham , Bath and Bristol , for 3 , 10 or 17 days . At 4-5 p . m ., for Stroud , Cheltenham , Hereford , & c , for 3 , 10 or 17 days . At 10-10 p . m . for Weston-super-Mare , Exeter , Dawlish , Teignmouth , Torquay , Kingswear , Plymouth , Truro , Penzance , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days .
Sunday , 2 nd August , 8-15 a . m ., for Cirencester , Stroud , Cheltenham , & c , for 1 , 2 or 8 days . Sunday , Midnight , 12-15 a . m . ( Monday morning ) , fox Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , & c , for 1 or 4 days . Monday , 3 rd August , 6-5 a . m ., for Swindon , Chippenham , Bath and Bristol , for 1 , 2 , 8 , or 15 days .
At 6-50 a . m . for Stroud , Stonehouse , Cheltenham , & c , for 1 or 8 days At 7-10 a . m . Day Trip to Reading , Pangbourno , Goring , Wallingford , Swindon , & c . Cheap Day Trip Tickets will be issued to Beading by any train up to and including the 2-28 p . m . from Paddington .
Cheap Third Class Return Tickets are issued Daily , by certain trains from Paddington to Staines and back 2 / -, Windsor 2 / 6 , Burnham Beeches 3 / - ,. Maidenhead 3 / -, Henley 3 / 6 , Goring 6 / -, Wallingford ( not on Sundays ) 7 / -, & c . Bills , pamphlets and Lists of Farmhouse and Country Lodgings can be obtained at the Company ' s Stations and at the usual Eecoiving Offices . J . L . WILKINSON , General Manager .
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LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY . HALF DAY IN SHAKESPEARE'S COUNTRY . ON Thursday , 6 th August , a cheap excusion will leave London ( Euston ) 12-30 p . m ., Chalk Farm 12-9 p . m ., Kilburn 12-15 p . m ., Chelsea 11-52 a . m ., West Brompton 11-56 a . m ., Kensington ( Addison Eoad ) 12-12 p . m ., Uxbridge Road 12-14 p . m ., Willesden Junction 12-40 p . m ., Clapham Junction 11-46 a . m ., and Battersea 11-49 a . m ., for Stratford-on-Avon , returning same evening , at 7 . 40 p . m . Third Class Return Fare , 3 s 6 d . For further particulars see small bills , which can be obtained at any of the Company ' s Stations and Town Offices . FEED HAEEISON , General Manager . London , July 1896 .
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THE PROBLEM ART , a Treatise on how to Solve and how to compose Chess Problems . By T . B . Rowland and F . S . Rowland . Second edition , price 2 s 6 d , post free from W . W . Morgan , New Barnet .