Full title on title page: "N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual containing a Catalogue of American Newspapers, a carefully prepared list of newspapers and periodicals published in the United States, Territories, and Dominion of Canada, with valuable information regarding their circulation, issue, date of establishment, political or other distinctive features, names of editors and publishers, and street addresses in cities of fifty thousand inhabitants and upward, together with the population of the counties and places in which the papers are published. Also a Description of Every Place in the United States and Canada in which a newspaper is published, including railroad, telegraph, express and banking facilities. A List of the Newspapers of the United States and Canada which insert advertisements, arranged by counties with a description of each state, territory, province and county, giving the location, character of surface and soil, chief products and manufacturers, forming a valuable guide to the judicious placing of any line of advertising. Separate Lists of Religious and Agricultural Publications, the various class publications, omitting those which do not insert advertisements; the press and editorial associations of the United States and Canada with their officers, etc., etc."
"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1896 by N. W. Ayer & Son, in the office of the librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C."
Missing pages 236, 237, 543, 544.