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  THE STORY OF
  PAPER-MAKING

[Illustration: A MODERN PAPER-MILL]




  THE STORY OF
  PAPER-MAKING

  AN ACCOUNT OF PAPER-MAKING
  FROM ITS EARLIEST KNOWN RECORD
  DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME

  _ILLUSTRATED_

  J. W. BUTLER PAPER COMPANY
  CHICAGO ::  ::  ::  MDCCCCI




  COPYRIGHTED
  BY J. W. BUTLER PAPER COMPANY
  JANUARY, 1901




    THE ABSENCE OF NON-TECHNICAL WORKS UPON THIS INTERESTING
    SUBJECT PROMPTS THE AUTHORS TO PRESENT A TREATISE FROM THE
    STANDPOINT OF THE LAYMAN, AND FOR HIS USE




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                              PAGE
    I. ARTICLES SUPPLANTED BY PAPER                       1

   II. PAPYRUS AND PARCHMENT                             12

  III. ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF PAPER                 20

   IV. EARLY METHODS OF PAPER-MAKING                     49

    V. MODERN PAPER-MAKING                               55

   VI. WATER-MARKS AND VARIETIES OF PAPER                95

  VII. EXTENT OF THE BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES      123




PREFACE