St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-26
HIPS Manual.

We have received at the hands of the
publishers, w. Fl. Shepard, 30 Broad
way, n. Y, large quartO volume, en-
titled, "HiIl's Manual of Social and
Business Forms," being an extended
work treating on the correct method of
writing any description of document.
The various chapters in the book ex-
haust very completely in detail the fol-
lowing subjects, namely:
Penmanship, which is very profusely
illustrated and accompanied by the fin
est of photographic copies, along with
explicit directions for self-instruction
and the art of teaching.
Spelling, Punctuation, Use of Capital
Letters and the Rules of Composition,
are all treated quite at length.
How to Write for the Press forms an
important chapter.
That portion of the book devoted to
Letter Writing represents near two
hundred letters of correspondence, in
Guiding Letters of Business, Applica-
tions for Situations, Letters of Recon-
mendation, Introduction, Friendship,
Love, &C., &c.
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 a
chapter that will be examined with
great interest.
LAWS OF ETIQUETTE. What to Say
and How to Do. Pleasant Words,
Agreeable Manners. Etiquette of Intro
auctions, Solicitations, Shopping, Max
ing Calls, Conversation, New Years
Calling, Balls, Dinner Parties, Visiting,
Parties, Courtship, and Marriage; We'd
dings, Travelling, Horseback Riding,
In the Home, AT School, On the Street,
Among Neighbors, Rules of the Toilet,
forms valuable chapter.
Commercial Forms represent Notes,
Bills, Orders, Checks, Drafts, Receipts,
Bills of Exchange, Due-bills, &c, with
the law of each state relating to the le-
gal rate of interest and days of grace.
Legal Forms present Articles of
Agreement, Bonds, Bills of Sale, Deeds,
Leases, Mortgages, Wills, &C., with the
law of each state concerning the amount
of property exempt from forced sale
and execution and limit of time in
which an action must be brought to re-
cover debt.
Family Records are illustrated by a
model Record of one family.
A Dictionary in the work contains
over l 900 words, giving spelling, def
milton and Synonymous words to enable
the writer to avoid the inelegance of
repeating the same word several times
in a sentence.
Shorthand writing is so thoroughly
illustrated as to make this chapter a
complete self-instructOI in this impOr-
tant art.
How to conduct public meetings ac-
cording to parliamentary rules, drafting
resolutions, petitions to public bodies,
form an extended and important portion
of the book.
The correct form of punctuating, let
tering and wording for sign painting,
tombstone inscriptions and the pur-
poses of engraving, is entirely new, and
forms valuable feature of the Manual.
The many alphabets, the great varie-
ty of job types, directions fol- proof
reading, &c, are of special service to
literary people.
The authorizations, statistical tables,
foreign words and phrases, late postal
laws, dictionary of Christian names,
&c, are all important.
The rules for writing poetry, the
rhyming dictionary accompanied by the
large number of choice poems, will be
especially interesting to people of lit
erary culture.
LANGUAGE OF FLowERs.-A floral
dictionary gives a very complete vo-
cabulary of almost every known flower,
accompanied by its language and SEN
timent, thus enabling the reader to
carry forward an interesting and charm
ing conversation with flowers. This is
an especially attractive feature of the
book
The book is printed in style never
surpassed as a book of the kind in this
or any other country.
Thos. E. Hill, 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, newspa-
per publisher and business man, COM
bining in an eminent degree the essen
tial qualities of mind and experience
which are necessary to prepare such
comprehensive work.
The book is sold only by subscription.
Mr. M. Hickok is the agent for the work
in this vicinity.