Tube, Train, Tram, and Car; or, Up-to-date locomotion

"TUBE, TRAIN, TRAM, AND CAR; or, Up-to-date Locomotion" by Arthur H. Beavan is a non-fiction book from the early 1900s that looks at how electric transportation was changing the world. The book covers different types of electric vehicles like trains, trams, and cars, explaining in a simple way how they worked. Beavan believed that using electricity for transportation could help solve the problem of too many people living in cities and make it easier for people to get around. From the beginning, the book compares electric transportation to older steam-powered methods. It talks about the history of trains, how locomotives developed, and how electric railways became important for society. The author also points out the latest advances in electric transportation, along with problems that still needed to be solved. He talks about some accidents that had happened and uses numbers to show how popular trams were when lots of people were using them. Beavan also makes predictions about the future of transportation, imagining a world where electric vehicles make it easy for people to travel quickly and improve city life.