U.S. Department of Agriculture Report No. 89. With introduction by H.W. Wiley and C. Hart Merriam of the Committee on Paper. Discussion of factors determining the quality and durability of paper, methods of paper sampling, specifications for printing paper, writing paper, blotting paper, wrapping paper and illustrations. Wiley was Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry; Merriam was chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey and Veitch was Chief of the Leather & Paper Laboratory, Bureau of Chemistry. Four text illustrations. Old library stamp on verso of title page.