PREFACE ix. 



engineer and the chemist, the architect and 

 builder, legislation and municipal administration 

 have wrought wonders. The atmosphere is much 

 more pure, fields and hedgerows are finding their 

 way back to districts that had been laid waste by 

 destructive gases, and beautiful parks and public 

 gardens adorn the suburbs of our manufacturing 

 towns. Horticulture and agriculture no longer 

 look upon manufactures as their enemy. The 

 wealth and influence that works have brought to 

 the localities are resulting in great municipal 

 advantages, the streets are better paved and 

 lighted, the towns are being amply supplied with 

 good water, public buildings are multiplying, and 

 the squalor and barbarism that were so offensive 

 are disappearing. 



The main purpose in republishing these 

 memoirs, is not only to put into worthy and 

 permanent form the story of lives that deserved 

 to be remembered, but also to indicate to their 

 successors the path that led to fame and 



affluence. 



J. FENWICK ALLEN. 



