28 JANUARY 1899, Page 37

Evolution of the Steam Locomotive. By G. A. Sekon. (Railway

Publishing Company. 5s.)—Mr. Sekon begins with the familiar name of Trevitiaick, who made his first trip with a locomotive on Christmas Eve, 1801. From this beginning the invention grew, slowly at first, but of late years with a rapid development. The volume contains a multitude of facts, not the least interesting feature being the specialities of form, power, &c., which the great railway companies affect. American ingenuity has, of course, contributed largely to the process of evolation.