Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-05-16
HtlI's Manual.

We have received at the hands of the pub.
fishers, Moses Warren * Co., l03 State street
Chicago, a large quarto volume, entitled
HIPS Manuel Of Social and Business
Forms" being an extensive work treating or
the correct method of writing any descrip.
ton OF document. The various chapters in
the book exhaust very completely in detail
the following subjects, namely:
Penmanship, which is very profusely IL
lustrated and accompanied by the finest Of
photographic copies, along with explicit diree.
tons Tor self-instruction and the art of teach.
ing.
Spelling. Punctuation, Use of Capital Let.
tiers ana the hules of Composition, are all
treated quite at length.
How to Write for the Press forms an i'm.
portant chapter.
That portion of the book devoted to Letter.
writing represents near two hundred letters
OF correspondencc. including Letters of Bust.
ness, Applications for Situations, Letters oil
Recommendation, Introduction, Friendship.
Love, &c. &c.
Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cards, and
Notes OF Invitation to weddings, parties, &c.
together with samples OF a great variety Of
visiting, business and plain and ornamental
cards, form a chapter that will be examined
with great interest.
Commercial Forms represent Notes, Bills,
Orders, Checks, Drafts, Receipts, Bills of Ex-
change, Dne-bllls, 6c., with the law Of each
State relating to the legal rate Of interest and
days of grace.
Legal FERNS present Articles of Agree
ment, Bonds, Bills Of sale, Deeds, Leases.
Mortgages. wills. Nc, with the law of each
State concerning the amount of properly ex-
empt from forced sale and execution and limit
OF time in which an action must be brought
to recover debt.
Family Records are illustrated by a model
Record of one family.
A Iiatiopor, -. ~. nv Il .oox.uz ~
600 words, giving spelling. definition and SYM
cnymous words to enable the writer to avoid
the lnelegance of repeating the same word
several times in a sentence.
Shorthand writing is SO thoroughly illus
tratod as to make this chapter u complete
self-instructor IN this important art.
How to conduct public meetings according
to parliamentary rules, drafting resolutions,
petitions to public bodies, form an extended
and important portion of the book.
The correct form of punctuation, lettering
and wording for sign painting, tombstone in
scriptions and the purposes of engraving, is
entirely new, and forms Il valuable feature
OF the Manual.
The many alphabets, the great variety OF
job types, directions for prool-reading. &c.,
are of especial service to literary people,
The abreviations, statistical tables. foreign
words and phrases, late postal laws, dlction-
airy OF Christian names. &c, are all inpor-
tant.
The rules for writing poetry. the rhyming
dictionary accompanied by the large number
of choice poems, will be especially interest
ing to people of literary culture.
Tho book is printed in a style never sur
passed as a book Of the kind in this or any
other country.
Ihos. Il. Iiill. the author Of this book, was
for fifteen years one of the most popular
teachers of penmanship in the United States.
and more recently has been a very successful
editor. newspaper publisher and business
man, com bining in an eminent degree the es-
sential qualities of mind and experience
which are necessary to prepare such a COM
prehensive work.
This book is sold only by subscription. G..
A. LUkEis the agent for the work in this
vicinity. We predict for him a gratifying
success in his canvass among our people.
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