Issue of the British trade weekly The Textile Mercury dated June 18, 1892, covering the cotton, wool, silk, flax and dyeing industries. Articles include artificial silk, calico printing on the Continent, Board of Trade returns for May, demands for shorter cloth lengths, the Crefeld velvet and silk industry, machinery notices, alizarin chemistry, dyers' recipes, flax cultivation, market reports and patent abstracts. A designing section on pages 6-7 gives weave drafts (Designs 1-3 and Design A) for gingham, worsted dress fabric, woollen and worsted weaves and silk dress goods, with sett and yarn details.