Front matter
Reading edition
IT WAS A RACE TO PICK THE LEAVES
The Story of Silk
BY SARA WARE BASSETT
Author of
"THE STORY OF WOOL" "THE STORY OF LEATHER" "THE STORY OF IRON" "THE STORY OF GLASS" "THE STORY OF SUGAR" "THE STORY OF PORCELAIN"
ILLUSTRATED BY HATTIE LONGSTREET PRICE
THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA 1925
COPYRIGHT 1918 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
To the Boys and Girls of Auburndale, Massachusetts, this book is affectionately inscribed