1. History of the iron, steel, and tinplate trades; 2. Aberdare in old days; 3. The beginning of Dowlais; 4. The first guest in his exile at Dowlais; 5. Anthony Bacon and the beginning of Cyfarthfa; 6. The Homfrays of Penydarren; 7. The Crawshay family; 8. Favourite poem of Richard Crawshay; 9. William Crawshay, the Iron King; 10. The riots at Merthyr Tydfil; 11. Sir John Josiah Guest, M.P., the Iron King; 12. Sir John Josiah Guest, Bart.; 13. The Homfrays, Formans, and Alderman Thompson, of Penydarren; 14. Sir John J. Guest; 15. Penydarren works; 16. The eminent men of Penydarren; 17. The Plymouth ironworks and the Hill family; 18. Plymouth works; 19. Abernant works; 20. Sir Richard Fothergill as M.P. for Merthyr Tydfil; 21. Tredegar; 22. The Rhymney works; 23. Ebbw Vale; 24. Blaenavon ironworks; 25. Beaufort iron works; 26. Manors of Miskin, Rhondda, etc.; 27. The Chain and Anchor works at Pontypridd; 28. Melingriffith and Pentyrch; 29. The leading men of early iron days; 30. Men of the iron age; 31. Dowlais after the death of Sir John J. Guest; 32. Farthfa after the death of William Crawshay; 33. Tinplate; 34. Aberavon and district; 35. The Llynvi Valley; 36. Maesteg works and neighbourhood; 37. Neath; 38. Briton Ferry; 39. Landore; 40. Swansea; 41. Carmarthenshire iron works and Mr. Raby; 42. Sir John Jones Jenkins; 43. Visit to a Morriston works; 44. Llanelly and its note-worthy men; 45. Cardiganshire tinplate works; 46. Bessemer and Siemens; 47. Dates of interest in connection with the tinplate industry in Glamorganshire and Carmarthenshire; 48. Wales the teacher; 49. The social life of our workers; 50. Old, and also extinct iron works; Appendix; List of subscribers; Index.