True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-01-01
JUST STEREOTYPE pu7'ES,

JUST PUBLISHEDFR0M STERE0TYrE pu7'ES,,
The Eth Ed'iiomo: "a III
ROW1ETT's TABLES OF INFER EsT:s
W. which Is now atF'e1 an Average Time gIcn'a-
L tor, or easy methods for fn,,g the averAc line
on storage, mites Of haad or bills of goods, In pur
chased at different dates. different credits, s far
various amounts; besides useful au, compe,e Euking
lime Tia c, the hest Ina, can he conriye,) ,rm f.
cures ca" pr "''se within the cor,cser coaass
and size of,,pe.
An ver,isencnt in the book is in nearly the blow
ing words:
The hgl' distinction this work has received nrnugl.
the ten legislative acts prefxe'l 10 the title page
cnmmenS'inn in itself. uncornmon and so ,oncl,,-
s''e, III nothing ia necessary more an Nv w of adj
Verusen'e', 10 givea condensed view Of some as pc
rs 'cr'stanee, the Interest has been Smp
:" 'rom and compared with, what is cguivacntv four,
teen sets ct eac''Ia,iOne examined in e pessir~-
h:e tines, and printed from tr,eo,yue ,n,rsles,;,
'h't,sy-nne t'A'es, from al which must b- @idc,u
eve" to the skertc Especially tho PC so,al Of e,lc-
tai 81 PROOF ~ ii'r preface that the wck lsar
premium OF Two hnlre. aud lv do lars is s,,soifer-
cd tor The 'ae'ceti" Of If ,t, il ,ic rcscn,
or nth edition. a. Expressed in r preface, na h. five
large rrcrinns offered for the s,m,. .,,,w ain, frs,
publication in the year 1902.
One Of tho most conspicuous features cr tie tales is
1.-THE arrangement OF the Time and Amounts, yhch
for expeditions, reference on perspcui, with ii help
OF the se ami index, cannot he led ~ I, the salty
ex,en, 81 general business, without doubling otsums
IS he:it'"s convenience essential tia, in liz eSn,-
ton Of some OF 'e most competent AM, p,g,r, rahusi-
ness men and public off who have made gt,st use
ut the work, las been distinguishes, M tho houable
ar,.s!lalion cfGfa 'master pince'' And considering
the infahilty Of the method originally a,Iotk IN
COMPOSING the work, ant! The exaor,Iiua,, ,nmht au,
variety OF the examinations, anil tests OF every etn it
has passed in the press notwithstanding the lnleis in
stereotype, considering. in She 4. he positive accuracy
secured y the unprecedented means c,lo' Oh, the
lune has hee" hcldnp and emphatcaly ST, led ",he
most wonderful hook in the wSslS;'' cc,,ain
man can ',a'nca figure work Of the c>'rl, which
since the beginning Of creation, has had the same
her a' variety ot tests in the nuallcr of cbrs
no, nor one lalithe number, is cle shown in the
preface.
Resides, as test and standard, it has been trci, md
proceed IN nearly all the bank and public .1ircs in Nc
Untt" States, and by tho public gi,eruiI, during H.
long period u" hrt. five 'rars, Yet al the
c'at'ons has bccn .o, in print aon.h conlin-
a. challenged b. the offer OF very large p' mi,,ns.
he book.is III Fact cXprrs adopted h, nl' the courts
OF law Il scvu'.l the States the u. cul,lm
tor statute interest,"" also h, law for bank interest
according the book is used, and as uay le s,c, il
part, by Of the subscribers, ard few Of hs
subsequent purchasers, n,hc list II, The cu,l Of thu book
lsin pos cssi"m cleve,y Gloss o ci.iz in every qua
IL Of The Unit ed States.
II moreover well known that, by its rearly CHECK,
las SO "tt.u detected argr errors, long tr they
a'a'lr, even by the mos, careful and mos, competent,
ari,lmc,icus, a its usefulness, and IN. absolute le-
cessty tor its lse have been extensively insisted up II,
so evident, incccd iavc been lis advantages, aud its
savings, that sescrrl years as, willis, the frs edition
WAS scarce, ant, out of print grc: umlcr Of srcoul
hand copies soush, for, some I" gre distance
and plrcrascd II various prices they could 'rc,-ior
ally DO lickcd "pa from soto SIS per copy, an'
could be quoted that they would pa. $50, sIo aud s5W
for copy, ,not to be Lad tcr less, a1l i,di>id,
in the latter instance particularly, having nj the
lime rxi,ed satisfactory rroa, to sc,e,'! persons pre-
sent that to him il really worth that money
more tin "ugh the saving of his valuable time, III
being yer, rich ma" and in rnhlic Office
Iii likewise worthy o! no, md indeed proper
mpre =, that such is the nature Of fise work general,
and especially when OF the extent and iuuipaucc o
these tn los, that had Ibis book or its Ike boon prepa
ell III the usual manner vionr, h> the most conclen
calculator in the world, and afterwards printed mos
cat'iouly under his own correction Of proof sheets,
would, almost to a certainty, have been n"ssf for re
terence, AM, dear Il any price, Il preface 'laieu
larlp explains. But 81 perfect and valuable have 'ln
stereotype plates Of this wolkil'ccn m,c, that t"scc
them, W''h,'r numerous and extraordinary cN:nin,
tons against '", for ll. general hen' G, The, are 10
:h,c',iscmrw) constant, Kept in piece Of s,ccia
safety, cNccp, while use in p, iu'ng.
Ample directions To it'd boil, banks aul statute '''''
est with "s-t. - iow he prci: e vnch, jn'his
nth as in the lrrcrin. c!iunns, CONTAIN, M 1! IN
formation ""necIng the two awi" "vs Of c.n,n'-
| i''S inter SIS, To-" DAYS al = ace, &e.
IL rc,L:ns only 10 lc,nu ir,', nntn ithnim'It. Ms
! uncnl;n.rly cost, work, which nbli-lrrt .cioic
Interest tables were 'i" n in ''"l,s 4ri r.-'s b.
ycnt An almanac, In t"'n sn"N.Msiyr, s.a spH rally
patrnisc,', il 's not yet nir l'i' wi,h 81.
tee hca,, los, ct u.nri> -Four Thousand dollar, l,r
SIX Wears "i ,'r tirn lI@9o I,aa s, lur Fl 5,
edition nt 1h'" ,"s'cs ar>ing ch'c. from It's I''" ~
tin" II. ,td time, AT u,l'r price,, II III ui
compensation lTtr i .ilno,' actnc .! ,,,, rtil,
a,! sacrifice. Wherefore Ilr .i!rn s,i r,'r> ",'l,r
'''ss.'''""'' and generosity OF lc p"l.jie lr, c'i"n
"iWc I" preference and n4ir't, &C. F',' %,lG = Nh
| Iri.r1i al Hc,k"hc sin lie pici S,H''s
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