Full title on title page: "N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual containing a Catalogue of American Newspapers, a carefully prepared list of all 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 50,000 inhabitants and upward, together with the population of the cities and towns, as well as of the counties, in which the papers are published. A List of All Newspapers of the United States and Canada which insert advertisements, arranged by counties with a description of each state, territory, and county in the United States, giving the location, area, character of surface and soil, chief products and manufacturers, forming a valuable guide to the judicious placing of any line of advertising. A list of all press and editorial associations of the United States and Canada with their officers. Also separate lists of all religious and agricultural publications, the various class publications, and all newspapers published in foreign languages, omitting those which do not insert advertisements."
"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1889 by N. W. Ayer & Son, in the office of the librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C."