# The Road and the Roadside Author: Potter, Burton Willis, 1843-1927 Genre: Category: History - Other Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28607 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Road+and+the+Roadside+Potter&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Roads the symbols of progress and civilization. Macaulay and Bushnell on the value of public highways. The first sponsors of art, science, and government were the builders of roads. The ancient highway between Babylon and Memphis. The Carthaginians as road-makers. Roman roads: their construction, extent, and durability; their instrumentality in giving Rome her pre-eminence in the ancient world; their mode of construction described. Ponderous roads in China. Magnificent highways in the ancient empires of Mexico and Peru. Prescott's description of the great roads in Peru. Bad condition of the English roads in the sixteenth century. With the revival of modern civilization the improvement of... ## Chapters - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-road-and-the-roadside-28607/chapters/7/index.md)