Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Railways, Telegraphy, Transport, Domestic Economy

    Describes a system of 'railway communication' and telegraphy used by George Hudson, the 'Railway King', in his London residence. His domestic railway connects the drawing-room with the pantry, a telegraph replaces bells and there are special trains for servants, children, women-servants, 'men at eleven', and the hall-porter.