. Scientific news for general readers; a popular illustrated weekly journal of science . t correspondence havingbeen reprinted from other sources. Another railway, that seems now almost as natural anadjunct to London as the old Birmingham Railway has sincebecome, was then exercising mens minds and was, in 1837, but a germ of what it has sincebecome. There were, it is true, green verandahs in theKings Road ; and on the beach in front of this thoroughfarewere hauled up those homely fishing luggers, the genuineold Sussex hog-boats, which are now fast becoming Pav
. Scientific news for general readers; a popular illustrated weekly journal of science . t correspondence havingbeen reprinted from other sources. Another railway, that seems now almost as natural anadjunct to London as the old Birmingham Railway has sincebecome, was then exercising mens minds and was, in 1837, but a germ of what it has sincebecome. There were, it is true, green verandahs in theKings Road ; and on the beach in front of this thoroughfarewere hauled up those homely fishing luggers, the genuineold Sussex hog-boats, which are now fast becoming Pavilion, of course, had existed for many years, andthe Chain Pier had become a familiar sight. Even the con-crete cliffs at Kemp Town were in a rudimentary state; butthe vast congeries of houses at the north and west wasuncommenced. Hove was a distinct village across thefields, as much so as Southwick now is, and had not beensmothered by the rows of terraces and squares, or thewilderness of brick and stucco which now sprawls itsunlovely length to the confines of Portslade. Still, corn-. Turning over the faded yellow pages of this half-century-old volume we are reminded how recent, after all, are manyof those events whose origin must appear to the youngermembers of this generation of the most respectableantiquity. Can a business-man of forty years old, whoperhaps has a branch establishment in Liverpool orManchester, realise that only ten years before he was bornthat ponderous facade at Euston Square did not exist ? Yeton the first page of this 1837 volume there is a wood-cut ofthe vast tomb-like structure as it was then about to be. We are happy to see, says the enthusiastic editor, thatthe Birmingham Railway is so far approaching a completion,that the works of a grand fa9ade for the entrance at theLondon terminus have been commenced. The view on ourfront page is from a beautiful lithograph by Chiffins, and ifthe erection does not disappoint the hopes held out by thedesign, it wil
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