A specimen volume of The Melliand, an international textile trade journal from 1929 (Vol. I), with articles translated into English from German and other sources. Contents cover spinning and drawframe technique, weaving mill management, weave theory (plain weave mechanics, false twill, reeding, raised stripe effects), artificial silk and acetate silk, and the dyeing and printing of wool, silk, cotton and rayon (Indanthren, Indigosols, aniline black, Neolan dyes). The volume also has fibre-testing articles, abstracts of the technical literature and patents, readers' technical inquiries and replies, and many advertisements. Weaving drafts appear only in a few articles on weave effects and false twill.