, 1879-10-18
LIBRARY IN oNE Bsek.

lFrom Moses Warren CO., Chicago.l
We have received copy OF Hills enlarged
and improved manual of social and business
forms, handsomely bound quarto volume.
spiendidly printed, with elegant illustration
plates and diagrams, On fine, heavy paper.
making it mechanically, one of the finest spec
linens Of book press work and binding, while
as manual of value 1t is superior TO any
other publication as We have seen
The various chapters OF the work trea. very
fully the following subjects, viz:
Penmanship. which is very profusely illus.
trated and accompanied by the finest litho-
graphic 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 import
ant chapter.
That portion of the book devoted To letter
writing represents near two hundred letters of
correspondence, including letters of business,
applications for situations, letters Of reccom-
mendations, introduction, friendship, love, &c
Wedding cards and note Of invitation 10
weddings, parties, &c, together with samples
Of a great variety Of visiting and plain and
ornamental cards, also full and very complete
treatise on etiquette, form chapter that will
be examined with great interest.
Commercial forms represents notes, bills,
orders, checks, drafts, receipts. bills Of ex-
change, due bills, etc, with the law of each
state relating to the legal rate of interest and
days Of grace.
Legal forms present articles of agreement,
bonds, bills Of sale, deeds, leases, mortgages,
wills, etc, with the law Of each state concern
ing the amount of property exempt from forced
apl Il LIMIT ,,f in ,t-k,.h
an action must be brought t. recover debt
Family records are illustrated by model
record of one family
A dictionary in the work contains over II,
600 words, giving spelling, definitions and syn
onyms to enable the writer to avoid the inele-
gance of repeating the same word several times
in a sentence.
Shorthand writing.
Parliamentary rules. drafting resolutions, pc
titions to public bodies, form an extended and
important portion of the book
The correct form of punctuating, lettering
and wording for sign painting, and tombstone
inscriptions, is entirely new, and forms a valu-
able feature of the manual
The many alphabets, the great variety of Job
types, directions for proof reading, abbrevia-
tions, statistical tables, foreign words and
phrases, dictionary of christian names, etc,
are all important
The rules for writing poetry, the rhyminS
dictionary accompanied by the large number OF
choice poems, will be especially interesting to
people of literary culture.
Thos. +. Hill, the author of this book, was
for fifteen years one of the most popular teach
ers of penmanship in the United States, and
more recently has been a very successful edi-
tor, newspaper publisher and business man,
combining in an eminent degree the essential
qualities of mind and experience which are
necessary to prepare such a comprehensive
work
The book is sold only by subscription, and
We bespeak for Mr. +. johnson, the agent now
canvassing for it in this city and county, a
favorable opportunity of making known its
merits And We cordially recommr nd this
work to our readers, confident that no one will
regret the mony paid for a copy.