The Portland gazette., 1819-03-16

Arithmetic and Book Keeping.
JUST pUBLIsHED AND FOR SALE AT
~ ISAAC ADAMS Bookstore,
NOT. EXCH ANGE-STR
| GTANIF0RDs PRACTICAL ARITHME'
/ - TIC, to which is added, a neg and concise sys.
'emef BOOK-K EEPING,
both by single anu doutie entry the former eacu-
lated for the use of TRADERS in retail business,
FARMERS and MECHANICS; and the latter for
wholesale domestic add foreign trade as conducted
| IN the United states.--The whole designed for the
use OF Schools and Academies.
BY DANIEL STAMFORD A. MI.
Author OF the Artof Reading and The Elements OF
| oa4e English Grammar.
ErtrGcis from The Prtface.
10 the questions commonly asked, on the APP
pearance oil a new book = Isthele any thng new
il 90 the author replies, that although the SUBJ
eci OF arithmetic admit but little novelty, yet
IA this treatise there is something new, wbca may
De easily discovered by examination OF It's eoa-
tents.
The general rules in the most of the Arithmeiies
| used III our schools are TOO synthetIcal for Tue
young Arthmetician. They contain TOO many
principles blended together, uoacCompanied Win
sufficient calculations. The scholar therefore is IN
danger OF passing over many essential parts, with-
| out fully comprehending them. One design there
tore oil this treatise IS 10 give an Analysis OF these
general rules, resolving them into tbeic simple
constituent paris illustrating them by easy piac-
ticai Questions
As the work, also, is principally designed TO
furnish system OF practical ArIthmetic, adapted
To the currency OF the United statet, ali Aathe-
matical demonstrations are purposely Omitted, to
give place 10 clear illustrations of the rules b.
sy examples and such as tend to prepare the schol-
1 Ar foFh hfIcl rafor uho u,xh
quire knowledge of the higher branches of the
Mathematics in those elaborate, though useful
parts ofthe science, 70 authors particularly delgn
ed for The purpose. lhls omission will leave for
the instructor enough for the exercise OF his skill
III explaining the natce OF each rule 10 The pupil,
he advances in his pursuit, aud become capable
of fcomprehendiag tsgse abstruse parts Of The SCI
ence The questions for exercise In The application
Of the several rules This will prevent the fatal
practice, too mneh induised among scholars, OF
copying from each others manuscripts. The same
question should never be proposed by the instruc-
TOR d Second TIME
9 Book KRRPIEG. This ulefu branch of iearn.
ing has ainoit tosaliylneglecfed in fchoos
and academies. The neglect of nudy 70 eifen
tial 60 the beif literary intereff of youth proves
material defect m The prelent iyltem of education
Il may. perhaps, be attributable, in great degree
60 the want of q concise sreatile on the fubie6
diveled of those numerous difficulties which en-
velope ia myiery even the helt tyitem extant. Sc
intricate and teoious are they for the mcff part,
that even inftructors themfeves have been deter.
red from giving iDitrucsion 10y them.
The ihert fystem IN this publication has ben
ufsd by the author with conhderabe fuccels. Ii
10 nov offersa as attempt to implify the Art of
ook-keeping, acc % adapt il 10 the capacity of
youth. 1t furnifheS such rules and explanatory
remarks in discriminating the title. of Dr. and CT
III journazing SHd poiting the fevera mercantile
raniacsions as were thought be0 calculated 90
render easy and clear lubject of 70 much impor.
tance
OF such immente benefit 10 this par, Of fciepee
TO young mao Of Respectable Handing 10 foeiety,
that no lchoar fhould be permitted to leave fchool
to become an apprentice either 10 . merchant, q
mechanic or even farmer, without thorough
knowledge OF Book keeping 40 on nis knowledge
of thin art eentialiy depends the fecurity of ali
the fruits of his iaduifsy through life Many me
ehanics and farmers have loft half their earnings
by neglecting 60 make regular entry of their
daily sraniactionsspecuiar 20 their employment
aud even wealthy merchants have become the
melancholy objects of penury and diifreis through
the fame neglect
The ben intereft of youth would be eHentially
promoted. were this important branch of fcience
InUosuced into our schools and to conltiluie
prominent part of their edrcation.
RECOMMEEDATION
Boston, October 8. 1918.
At the Annual Meeting of the " Associated Ir-
strucers Of Youth in The totcn ofBosfon and else
whers'' the following Report of a Committee was
made and accepted. viz
$ The Committee appointed by the Association
TO examine Treatise, entitled, Practical a.
rlthmetic, and short System Of Bookkeeping -
by DANIEL STAMFORD, A. NJ. have attended
10 that service, and after careful examination,
are of opinion. that il is work, better calcuated
10 facilitate the progress Of youth in these useful
and important sciences, than any treatise OF the
kind, Of which we have any knowledge.
Signed, IONA. SMELLING, !
j. r. COTTING, Conanaitiee.
BENJAMIN HOLT, J
Atrue copy from records s. files OF the Association
Attest, THOM. PAYS0N, Sec. "A. I. II.
ISAAC ADAMS,
Has just received, as above. a general assort-
ment of
R0oEe and Sf0ff0unTa.