A 1906 technical manual on the chemistry and application of dyes for textile fibres, by Professor J. J. Hummel, in a new and revised edition edited by Paul N. Hasluck. Chapters cover indigo, logwood, natural red and yellow dyes, aniline, quinoline and phenol, azo and anthracene colouring matters (including Alizarin and Turkey-red dyeing), mineral colours such as chrome yellow and Prussian blue, planning dyeing experiments, and assessing the value of dyes. It gives recipes and mordanting methods for cotton, wool and silk, with engravings of dyeing vats and machinery and many chemical structural formulas. It includes an index and publisher's series advertisements.