JAMES HOGG AND SONS* NEW SERIES OF 



TITLES OF THE VOLUMES, 



Which will appear as nearly as possible in the folloieing order : 

 1. WHERE DO WE GET IT, AMD HOW IS IT MADE ? 



A FAMILIAR ACCOUNT OF THE MODES OF SUPPLYING 



OUR EVERY-DAY WANTS, COMFORTS, AND LUXURIES. 



BY GEORGE DODD, 



Author of " The Food of London," " The Curiosities of Industry," " British Manufac- 

 tures,'' &c. 



CONTENTS. 



CHAP. I. THE SOURCES OF OUR FOOD 

 AND DRINK : Bread, its Materials 

 and Varieties; Dairy Produce; Tea, 

 Groceries, and other Colonial Produce; 

 Malt Liquors and Vinegar ; Wines, 

 Spirits, and Effervescing Drinks. 



CHAP. II. THE MATERIALS OF OUR 

 CLOTHING: Cotton, its Growth and 

 Manufacture; Flax and the Linen 

 Manufacture; Woollen and Worsted 

 Goods; The Silk- Worm and Silk 

 Goods; Leather, <iutta Percha, India 

 Rubber ; Hats, Bonnets, Furs, Fea- 

 thers, and Flowers. 



CHAP. III. THE MATERIALS FOR 

 OUR HOUSES AND ROOMS: Build- 

 ing Stone, Masonry, and Slating ; 

 Bricks, Tiles, and Brickwork; Limp, 

 Mortar, Cement, and Plastering ; Tim- 

 ber, Carpentry, and Cabinet Work; 

 Wall and Floor Coverings. 



CHAP. IV. THE SOURCES OF OUR 

 FIRE AND LIGHT: Light-producing 

 Contrivances; Coal and Collieries; 

 Coke, Charcoal, Peat, ana Artificial 

 Fuel; Gas-making and Street Light- 

 Ing; Tallow, Palm Oil, and Candles; 

 Lamps, and the Fuel to feed them. 



CHAP. V. MET ALS AND METAL 

 MANUFACTURES : Jron, Steel, ;:nd 

 Cutlery; Copper, Zinc, and Brass ; Tin, 

 Lead, and Mixed Metals ; Gold, Silver, 

 and Money-making; Quicksilver and 

 Electrotyping. 



CHAP. VI. OUR MINERALS AN'D 

 CHEMICALS: Gtms and Precious 

 Stones ; Pottery, Porcelain, and Karth- 

 enware; Glass and its Manufacture; 

 Acids, Alkalis, and other Chemicals ; 

 Paints, Col jurs, and Dyes. 



2. THE WILD FLOWERS, BIRDS, AND INSECTS OF 



THE MONTHS, 



Popularly and Poetically described: with, numerous Anecdotes. 



A Complete Circle of the Seasons, with Practical Notes on the Collectiny, 



Preserving, and Arranging of Nests and Eggs, Insects, 



and other Objects of Natural History. 



BY H. G. ADAMS, 

 Author of "The Young Naturalist's Library," " Favourite Song Birds," &c. &c. 



3. THE MEN AT THE HELM: 



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF GREAT ENGLISH STATESMEN. 



BY W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS, 

 Author of " The Sea-Kings of England," &c. &c. 



CONTENTS. 



Cromwell, Earl of Essex. Sir Robert Walpole. 



The Karl of Strafford. The Earl of Chatham. 



John Hampden. William Pitt. 



Hyde, Earl of Clarendon George Canning. 



Earl Godolphin. Sir Robert Peel. 



Lord Bolingbroke, and Harlcy, Earl of Oxford. .Lord Aberdeen. 



