Two pages from Posselt's Textile Journal (January 1914) containing the end of a short note on dissolving basic and acid dyes, followed by the first installment of Julius Hubner's historical article "History of Dyeing." The article surveys dyeing from ancient Egypt, the Bible, and classical authors such as Pliny through medieval dyers' guilds and regulations in Germany, Italy, and Persia, up to 16th and 17th century prohibitions on indigo. It is a serial article that ends with "To be continued."