6 MAY 1899, Page 23

George Stephenson. By David J. Deane. (S. W. Partridge and

Co. is. 6d.)—Mr. Deane tells again a story familiar indeed, but not likely to weary its readers. He does justice to the pioneers of rail- ways, the tramways which were laid down as early as 1738, and the locomotives of Cugnot (1769), Murdoch (1784), Trevethick and Vivian (1$02), and Blenkinsop (1812), of which drawings are given ; • and so goes on to the life history of the man who, whatever others may have done, is rightly called "the Father and Founder of the Railway System."