IV CONTENTS. 
Manufacture of Papier Mache 255 
4 ' Homes without Hands." (With Illustrations. ) .... 258 
Vegetable Food . . . . . 261 
Borden's Extract of Beef 266 
A Substitute for Glue —Vegetable Albumen .... 269 
The Sugar Trad e . . . .*• 271 
On the Manufacture of Gobelins Tapestry, and of Savonnerie 
Carpets. By A. L. Lacordaire. (With Illustrations.) . . . 275 
On Pepsine. By Frank Vincer 303 
Paper-Making Materials in Russia . . . . .308 
Irish Manufactures 312 
Comparative Value of Wood ........ 315 
Photography 389 
Telegraphing in the United States 353 
Review of Reed's Sugar Trade . . . , . . 357 
Artificial Stone Manufacture • 369 
The Timber Trees and Useful Plants of the Bijnour Forest, 
Himalayas. By Dr. J. E. Stewart ...... 374, 409 
On the Growth of Rhubarb in China. By Fred. J. Farre, M.D. 391 
The Bael Fruit and its Properties 396 
The Pennsylvania Oil Trade . . . . ... . * 398 
Amalgamation . . . . . ' . . . • . . . 403 
Pimento 427 
Notes on the Russian Tallow Trade. By J. R. Jackson . . 429 
Eider-down 431 
On the Progress of the Small Arms Manufacture in Birming- 
ham. By J. D. Goodman 435 
Blood Albumen 447 
Plate Glass Manufacture ........ 449 
Persian Opium „ 450 
Popular Botany, and some of the most interesting Phenomena 
connected with Vegetable Life. By H. A. Graef . . .451 
Petroleum in Europe 472 
The Gums and Resins of New Zealand 475 
The American Wood-paper Company, Philadelphia . . . 478 
Orchid Tea. By John R. Jackson 485 
Maori and other Aboriginal Manufactures and Implements. By 
W. H. Harrison 487 
Vegetable Fibres available for Textile Fabrics. By H. Sher- 
wood 495 
A Visit to the British Needle Mills, Redditch. ( With Illustrations. ) 510 
The Grass Tree Resin of Australia. By the Editor . . . 523 
The Shark Fisheries of Norway. By Mr. Consul-General Crowe. 525 
Scientific Notes 140, 2 9 ,8, 316, 360, 405, 449 
