NOTE 



It is> astoiii.shing how ignorant is the world as a whole 

 of the great hulustries whirii maintain our oft-boasted 

 civilization, and it is ignorance of this character which 

 thL«* series of hooks aims to dispel. 



Produced on the same lines as the " Peeps at Manj' 

 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 

 i>riti^h Empire and the world at large. Technicalities 

 being avoided, there arc 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 stem 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 volumes on Sugar 

 and Rubber by the same author has encouraged the 

 belief that there is a wide sphere of usefulness, and 

 power of pleasure-giving, for such a series written 

 from first-hand knowledge. This, the third volume, 

 is devoted to the tea industry, and is similarly the 

 result of experience, observation, information, and 

 picture.*? harvested " on the spot." With regard to 



