PEEPS AT INDUSTRIES RUBBER PEEPS AT INDUSTRIES EACH VOLUME CONTAINING 24 PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS Large Crown 8vo., Cloth, Picture Cover SUGAR “Miss Browne ... gives a singularly full and an exceedingly interesting account of the cultivation of the sugar-cane and the sugar-beet in various countries of the world. This is followed by a lucid account of the making, the exporting, and the refining of sugar.... Twenty-six instructive photographs, excellently reproduced, embellish and add value to the book.”--_Educational News._ “This first volume is certainly a happy beginning. Miss Browne writes from first-hand knowledge, and she describes the life of the sugar from the Demerara plantations to the tea-table. The illustrations add to the charm of the work.”--_Manchester Courier._ RUBBER “It is interestingly written, free from technicalities, and excellently illustrated. Those who wish for a 'peep’ at this all-important industry--which, in spite of ever-recurring discoveries of 'artificial rubber,’ is likely to continue all-important--cannot do better than read this little book.”--_Morning Post._ “The twenty-four excellent illustrations add considerably to the value of the book, which is heartily recommended to anyone desiring a non-technical account of rubber production”--_Nature._ TEA “It would be difficult to produce a more comprehensive or more charmingly interesting story of a world’s great commodity. The work is a result of experience, observation, information, and illustration obtained on the spot, and, as such, is remarkable value at the price.”--_Schoolmaster._ “An interesting little book ... the author has introduced the minimum of technicalities, and gives the maximum of information.”--_Educational News._ COCOA (IN PREPARATION) PUBLISHED BY A. AND C. BLACK, LTD., 4, 5 AND 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1. AGENTS America THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64 & 66 Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK Australasia OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 205 Flinders Lane, MELBOURNE Canada THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA. LTD St. Martin’s House, 70 Bond Street, TORONTO India MACMILLAN AND COMPANY, LTD Macmillan Building, BOMBAY 309 Bow Bazaar Street, CALCUTTA [Illustration: SMOKING WILD RUBBER ON A PADDLE IN THE BRAZILIAN FOREST. _Page 26_ _By permission of the Director of the Museum, Para_] [Illustration] PEEPS AT INDUSTRIES RUBBER BY EDITH A. BROWNE, F.R.G.S. CONTAINING SIXTEEN PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS SECOND EDITION A. & C. BLACK, LTD. 4, 5 & 6 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1 1920 _First Edition published May, 1912_ _Printed in Great Britain._ NOTE It is astonishing how ignorant is the world as a whole of the great industries which maintain our oft-boasted civilization, and it is ignorance of this character which this series of books aims to dispel.