Britain at Work
A Pictorial Description of Our National Industries

4 BRITAIN AT WORK. The busy hives of Belfast, Manchester, and Bradford will be visited, and the manufacture of Linen, Cotton, and Worsted will be seen in operation. We shall also visit the famous Granite quarries of Aberdeen and the Potteries, and in each case an expert writer will explain the processes of these interesting industries. The realism of the Iron Road will be pictured for us by pen, pencil, and camera, and the everyday life of the railway engine-driver and the signalman vividly described. In a similar manner the daily routine of life in the Navy and Army —industries in the widest sense — will be dealt with, and numerous illustrations depicting the various scenes will help to render the articles of more than passing interest and value. The wonderful work of the Postal and 1 elegraph service will find a place in our pages. We shall follow the adventures of a letter from the time it is posted in London until it is delivered in far-away Shetland, and a telegraphic message will be traced from the heart of the City until the great electric cable is lost to view in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland. We shall make our home for a time with the heroes of the Sea who brave a hundred dangers—even death itself—in their quest for the fish required to meet the ever-increasing demand of our great towns. We shall travel pleasantly along the waterways of Britain—by river and canal—learning the while something of the barge- man’s work, and of his everyday life. In this way the marvellous panorama of the 1 ool of London will be seen to advantage, and many interesting glimpses of industrial life on the busy Thames revealed to us. The great Docks of London, Liverpool, and Southampton, of which the Nation is justly proud, will be visited, and their principal characteristics described and illustrated. The interesting’ work connected with the lea, Coffee, and Cocoa Industries in this country will be popularly explained, and in the same manner we shall learn a great deal about the famous Breweries and Distilleries and the manufactories of Mineral Waters. An article on the Cattle trade will tell how our principal cities are provided with fresh meat day by day, and accounts of the manufacture of Bread, Butter, and Cheese will afford an opportunity of ascertaining the extent and nature of these industrial occupations. Amongst other things we shall see how Paper is made, and afterwards watch its transformation into our daily newspaper or favourite periodical. Every aspect of our Industrial Life will be sympathetically described, and the scenes as we see them faithfully pictured. Writers pre-eminent in their respective departments have contributed to the work, and every care has been taken to ensure an accurate and instructive account of the industries of our own country. To this end many of the great employers of labour, the heads of our famous manufactories, and the workers themselves have willingly given their valuable assistance, and to one and all our sincere thanks are due. Never was there a time when it behoved our people to be more alert and active in meeting competition, and we trust that the issue of this work may create such a wide-spread public interest in our Industries, both large and small, that it nrøy not be without its use in quickening the pulses of our Commercial life, and in a small measure may render some service to the Nation at large.