Hat box collapsible version for evenings, known as a gibus. They might also include storage space for items such as a hat brush. Designs became quite large during the Victorian era. A letter to "The Times" in 1844 warned travellers that Blackwall Railway's porters had charged a 1d to carry a hat box onto the train and a further 6d for transporting it to the London terminus, with the traveller himself paying only 4d for the journey. He recommended that travellers with luggage should go by steamboat. While traditionally hat boxes are circular or square in shape, some versions may follow the
The Hat (book) the magic hat has led previous owners to similar changes of fate, and may continue to do so into the future. The book was published by French publisher in 1971 under a title of slightly different meaning: "Le Chapeau Volant" (The Flying Hat). "The Hat" begins with a portrait-like illustration of a lone hat flying through the air. The text describes it as "a tall black top hat, shiny as satin and belted with a magenta silk sash." We soon learn that it has recently blown from the head of a wealthy man seated in a speeding open carriage. His