thor has endeavoured to supply the dyer of
woollen fabrics with a conveniently arranged handbook dealing with the
various branches of the wool dyeing industry, and trusts that it will
be found to meet the want which undoubtedly exists for such a book.

The text on which the book is based is expressed in the title "The
Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics," and in enlarging upon it the author has
endeavoured to describe clearly and in some detail the various
processes and operations generally, pointing out the principles
involved and illustrating these by numerous recipes, showing the
applications of a great variety of dyes in the production of the one
thousand and one tints and shades the wool dyer is called upon to
produce on the fabrics with which he is working. In pursuance of this
plan nothing is said of the composition and properties of the various
dyes, mordants, chemicals, etc., which are used. This is information
every wool dyer should possess, but the author believes it is better
dealt with in books devoted to Chemistry proper.

_May, 1902._

CONTENTS. (p. v)

CHAPTER I.
Page
THE WOOL FIBRE--
Structure, Composition and Properties...................... 1

CHAPTER II.

PROCESSES PREPARATORY TO DYEING--
Scouring and Bleaching of Wool............................ 15

CHAPTER III.

DYEING MACHINERY AND DYEING MANIPULATIONS--
Loose Wool Dyeing, Yarn Dyeing and Piece Dyeing
Machinery................................................. 40

CHAPTER IV.

THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF WOOL DYEING--
Properties of Wool -- Methods of Wool Dyeing -- Groups
of Dyes --Dyeing with the Direct Dyes -- Dyeing with
Basic Dyes -- Dyeing with Acid Dyes -- Dyeing with
Mordant Dyes -- Level Dyeing -- Blacks on Wool -- Reds
on Wool -- Mordanting of Wool -- Orange Shades on Wool
-- Yellow Shades on Wool -- Green Shades on Wool --
Blue Shades on Wool -- Violet Shades on Wool -- Brown
Shades on Wool -- Mode Colours on Wool.................... 59

CHAPTER V.

DYEING UNION (MIXED COTTON AND WOOL) FABRICS............... 168

CHAPTER VI.

DYEING OF GLORIA........................................... 188

CHAPTER VII. (p. vi)

OPERATIONS FOLLOWING DYEING--
Washing--Soaping--Drying................................. 197