The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-20
Hills Manual.

We have received at the hands Of the
publisher, W. s. Sheppard, New York, a
large quartO volume, entitled Hills Man.
ual of Social and Business Forms" being
an extended work treating on the correct
method of writing any description of docu-
ment. The various chapters in the book
exhaust very completely in detail the fol-
lowing subjects, namely:
Penmanship, which is very profusely H.
Illustrated and accompanied by the finest
photographic copies, along with explicit d.
rections for self-instruction and the art OF
teaching.
Spelling, punctuation, use of capital let
tiers, and the rules of composition, are all
treated quite at length.
How to write for the press forms an inn
portant chapter.
That portion of the book devoted to let
ter-writing represents near two hundred
letters OF correspondence, including letters
of business, applications for situations, let.
tiers of recommendation, introduction,
friendship, love, etc.
Wedding ceremonies, wedding cards and
notes of invitation to weddings, parties,
&c, together with samples of great
variety of visiting, business and plain and
ornamental cards, form chapter that will
| be examined with great interest.
| Commercial forms represent notes, bills
orders, checks, drafts, receipts, bills of ex
change due-bills. &C., with the law oil
each state relating to the legal rate of in.
terest and days of grace.
| Legal forms present articles of agree
ment, bonds, bills of sale, deeds, leases
mortgages, wills, ETC, with the law of each
state concerning the amount of property
exempt from forced sale and execution aud
limit of time in which an action must bt
brought to recover debt.
Family records are illustrated by a mode
record of one family.
A dictionary in the work contains ovel
1000 words, giving spelling definition
and synonymous words to enable the writel
to avoid the inelegance of repeating The
same word several times in sentence.
Shorthand writing is 30 thoroughly IL
lus'ra'ed as to make this chapter com
plete self-instructor in this important art.
How to conduct public meetings accord
ing to parliamentary rules, drafting resolu
lions, getitiOns TO public bodies, form al
ex ended and important portion of tn,
| book
The correct form Ct punctusting, letter
ing and wording for sign. painting, tomb
stone inscriptions and the purposes OF en-
craving, is entirely new, and forms valu
able feature of the manual
The many alphabets, the great variety
of job-types, directions for proofreading
etc, are of especial service to literary
people.
The Authorizations, statistical tables, for
eign words and phrases, late postal laws
dictionary of christian names, &C., are al
important.
The rules for writing poetry, the rhym
ing dictionary accompanied by the lsrg
number of choice poems, will be especial.
interesting to people of literary culture.
The book is printed in style never sur
passed a. book of the kind in this or an
other country.
Thos. E. Hill, the author of this book
was for fifteen years one of the most popu
lar teachers of penmanship in the Unite
} States, and more recently has been yer.
successful editor, newspaper publisher an
business man, combining in an eminent dc
gree the essential qualities of mind and ez
perence which are necessary TO prepar
} such comprehensive work.
, The book is sold only by subscription
Mr.. II. nj. Foote is the agent for the worl
in this vicinity. We predict for him graf
flying success in his canvass among on
/ people.