True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-11-07
UST PUBLIsHEDFRoM SrEREoTYpE PLdTEs.

JUST PUBLISHEDFRoM STEREOTYPE PLfTES,
The Eth Edition oT
ROWLETT"S TABLES OF INTEREST:
Two which is now alded All Average lime Caeula-
IL tor, or easy methods for fnding the average time
on s'casc notes of haad bills of goods when pur-
chased at different dates en- ,feryni c,sjta .n f..
various amounts; hesi'esa useful and complete Banking
lime Ia lie, the best That be con,rye, or Thai f.
cures can pr 'uce within the same conieseud comu.ss
and size ottype.
An a yerlisem.n in thebook is in nearly the follow
ing words
he high distinction this work has received ,broupl
The Ten legislative acts pefxe to the title page is re-
communication in ITSELF uncommon and SO eoncIu-
s'e III nothing is necessary than BY way of al.
Seisemen', TO gvea condensed view of some Of its ne.
cuartIes fer instance, the Interest has been
ed from, and compared WITH what is equivalent to four
teen sells eli calculations, examined in the press thirty.
NE nmes' and printed from 'tereoype plates tested
tnlyV-one tunes; from all wich il mnst be evident
even to the skebte Especially tho PC stta ofte de.
tail OF proof in the pretace that the work must be orh
metcaly intable, and in confirmation of this belief
premium OF TWO hundred and ttv dollars is now offer.
CD lor me detection OF an ola cent IN the present
or fifth edition, as expressed iii the preface making five
large premons offered for the same error since the first
publication in the year 1909.
One oil tho most conspicuous features of the tables
~ the arrangement of the Time and Amounts, which
tor ezpetlfls, reference ondperspeitv with the he'll,
OF the side and INDEX Be e4celled and the satt,
ty and ease with which the n:crcs can be found to the
extent OF gehet" business, without 'toublifg of sums
ton OF some OF the most competent and ptrcti cal bust
ness men and public ohirers who have made great use
OF the work. j has been distinguished by tho honorable
appellaiion efofa ssmaster pioc.n And conslerino
the InfallIby OF the method originally adopted in
CONFUSING the work. and the extraordinary lumber and
variety OF the examinations and tests of every edition il
has passedn the press notwithstanding the whole is in
stereotype considering in short he positive accuracy
secured by the unprecedented means employed, the vo-
lume has heen teislup and emphatically styled the
most wonderful book in the wsslk;" certainly no
man can namea figure work the same extent which
since the beginning OF creation has had the same num-
Der an" variety OF tests in the number of editors;
no, nor one haltthe NUMBER is clearly shown in the
preface.
Resides, astcst and Standard it has been tried and
proceed in nearly all the bank ant, public offices in the
United States and by the public generally during the
long period OF thrtyve rears, yet of The cal
cnit'ons has ever been found in print although con,inu-
ally challenged BY the offer of very large premiums.
The books in fact expressly adopted by all the courts
OF la" 81 several ohe States the of calculation
for statute Interest,", alse by law for bank interest
according as the book is used, aud be seen in
part by names of the subscribers and few of The
subsequent purchasers in the list AT the end of thu book
Ism possession CT every Gloss OF citizens in ever, q-
tc OF the Unit ed States.
1t smoreover well known that, by its reary check,
1t has so oitendetected large errors long after they were
made, even by the most careful and most competent
aritnelicans, Fat its usefulness, and the absolute ne
cessy Tor its use, have been extensively insisted upon
so evident, inceed, have been its advantages, and its
savings, that, seteirl yearsaso, whilst the first edition
was scarce and out of print, great lumber of second
hand copies sought for same to gre distance.
and pucrascd at various prices, TREY could OCCASION
ally DO picked ny at from 900 SIS per copy, and
Some persons have reccn..y declared, and instances
could quoted that they would pay $50 500, and $500
for copy, nes to be had for less, and individual
in the latter instance particularly, hssins Mt he
lime Exhibited satisfactory prta 60 several persons pre-
sent that to him j, was really worth that mc5uy and
more TIN ough the saving Of his ,:saLc Tine he
beng very rich maBanh in snblc office.
II is likewise worthy of roi'ce nnd indeed proper
impress, that such is the nature of iigue work generally
and especially when Oh the extent anil importance OF
these tt, los that bad tins hook its like bcoH sepa-
Ell in the "sual manner slr, by the most competent
calculator in the world, and afterwards printed most
canfio"y under his own correction Of proof sheets, it
would, almost 10 = certainty hare beer #'ss!t foT
teresc and dear It any price, tie preface daricu-
'allp explains But so perfect and variable have the
stereotype plates OF this worki,een &c, tia, 10
then, Nithhcir nuueycHs aud eSraor,linr, raamfn,-
tons ~, aust fire, Tor tt" general bent t they hy
advertiser. "u constantly kept ~ place OF special
SAFETY, cyeel,r While use ~ printing.
Ample ,liree, IONS to in bo'I banks and st,ste tor-
with useful no, follow the preface, which, m this
filth as in the preceding cdn""s, contain 'nch IN
formation concerning the tN' lawful ''tGs W eohpnt"
lug lncr SITS, tee days At gtacc, Ne.
II remains only 10 remark that, hH"i''ts'af"thE tt'S
,mcommonly costly work, which WAS lbi'7'''i bsf"re
interest tables were in,oduc ID in dol;s aud CENTS ~
Ncnd a!mNnac, has been eXensiycl, a. sll'crai'f
pattonscd, has yet much paid wi,h Interest
tee heavy loss of uernI, four Thousand dollars, hcsidc
SIN o time from l799to 1905, sustained on ht first
e'iitiono OF 1000 ,"pics rsing chiefly from its pube,-
ton -, that time, at under price, say nothing of
compensation profit for almost !ilctmc of care Toll,
and sacrifice Wherefore he author still relies on the
ds""n'in"nt and generosity of the public for con,nu:
auec o preference and patronage. f.r s.l" by the
PrtHCii al B00kScAels in the tntcI States.
e.,iLpGIIIS NEW WORN, &c.-The American
- England, by tho nutIlorol".l Year in Spain," in
v"lnncs.