NOTE 



It is astonishing how ignorant is the world as a whole 

 of the great industries which maintain our oft-boasted 

 civihzation, and it is ignorance of this character which 

 this series of books aims to dispel. 



Produced on the same lines as the " Peeps at Many 

 Lands " series, which has met with such remarkable 

 success, these books will bring the reader into a com- 

 plete understanding of all the great industries of the 

 British Empire and the world at large. TechnicaUties 

 being avoided, there are no impedimenta in the way 

 of easy assimilation of the story and the romance of 

 great manufactures. The reader is taken into the 

 atmosphere and confronted with the stern realities of 

 each industry, and when he has laid down the book 

 he will find he has another window in his house to let 

 in the sunshine of knowledge. 



The reception accorded to the first volume, on sugar, 

 has encouraged the belief that there is a wide sphere of 

 usefulness, and power of pleasure-giving, for a series of 

 Peeps at Industries written from first-hand knowledge. 

 This, the second volume, is devoted to the rubber 

 industry, and is similarly a collection of experience, 

 observation, information, and pictures harvested " on 

 the spot." The next book in the series will deal 

 with tea. 



