Britain at Work
A Pictorial Description of Our National Industries

___ __________ ______________ CONTENTS. _____ BY THE BUILDING OF A BATTLESHIP . ' . ’ . ' H.'W. ‘WILSON . PREPARING THE LAND________________JOHN WRIGHTSON . THE MANUFACTURE OF LINEN .... ALFRED S. MOORE . BRITAIN’S UNDERGROUND WEALTH : COAL . JOHN PENDLETON . THE MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO, CIGARS, AND CIGARETTES________________E. G. HARMER . THE MALTING INDUSTRY_____________G. E. M. COWELL . THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL . JOHN PENDLETON . BOOT AND SHOE MAKING_____________MARTIN W. WRIGHT THE ABERDEEN GRANITE INDUSTRY . . . VICTOR MITCHELL . THE SEA FISHERIES OF GREAT BRITAIN . FRANCIS H. WOOD . THE POTTERY WORKERS_____________WILTON P. RIX . WORK ON A SEED FARM_____________HORACE J. WRIGHT THE STRAW HAT TRADE________________W. H. McNAMARA . HIS MAJESTY’S MAILS________________EDWARD BENNETT . HOW GAS IS MADE____________________F. M. HOLMES . THE MANUFACTURE OF BISCUITS AND CAKES H. L. ADAM . RAILWAY ENGINEMEN AND THEIR WORK-. H. G. ARCHER. THE CUTLERY INDUSTRY_____________JOHN WHITAKER . BARGE LIFE..........................F. M. HOLMES . THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOLLEN AND WORSTED_______________________ARTHUR R. BYLES . BUTTER AND CHEESE MAKING ... H. L. ADAM HOW PAPER IS MADE________________W. W. HUTCHINGS . OMNIBUS AND TRAMWAY TRAFFIC ... . P. F. WILLIAM RYAN K CHAIR-MAKING TOWN_____________HUGH B. FHILPOTT BEER-MAKING.......................J. H. BARNES . THE MATCH-MAKING INDUSTRY IN GREAT BRITAIN..........................L BROOKE ALDER . WELSH COTTAGE INDUSTRIES.—1. QUILTING, KNITTING, AND NETTING_____________MARY BARBER . PAGE 5 12 18 25 32 39 44 52 58 G4 71 78 84 89 9G 101 107 114 120 126 134 140 147 154 159 167 . 174