CONTENTS CHAPEER I. A MARVELLOUS CATERPILLAR II. HOw ARTIFICIAL SILK WAS INVENTED AND MARKETED . . III. How ARTIFICIAL SILK IS MADE IV. THE STORY OF COURTAULDS AND BRITISH CELANESE . s THE HYGIENIC VALUE OF ARTIFICIAL SILK CLOTHING . THE VAST POSSIBILITIES OF THE ARTIFICIAL SILK TRADE . . BRITISH MAKERS OF ARTIFICIAL SILK MACHINERY . PAGE x7 27 55 73 89 105 129 iii