Daily Republican., 1888-01-09
FOURTH EDITION
Brooks and Fisn.

Fisha Arithmetic has many attempts
ct dsdnitions tina. are inadequate; con.
tslns unerammatioal language; 10 irreg-
ular, Illogical and unsa tiaiactory In Its
order OF topic4; omiss large amount OF
valuable instruction to teachers that
Brooks gives; effsc,s brevity at tho
loss OF practical business instruction,
intellectual development, necessary
analysis, logical deduction and expla.
nation IN collation.; omits Letter OF
Credit, NJ 'roportion, AnDuities,
Life lnsnts- e.. Jullding Associations 4,
ETC., and, as special features, oml Its
also Arbitration of Exchange, AverAg.
ing Accounte, Settle nens OF Accounts,
Account 6ales, Brokerage, OarpetinR,
PaperlnR, etc, The Cost OF ArtiiicerA'
Work, Masonry, Briokwork, etc and
q large amoant OF detail instruction on
the Maker, Indorser, DAYS OF Grace,
Protest aud Principal Kinds OF Promi,
sory Notes, etc., etc, sll OF which
Brooks gives and is clear OF the above
faults.
The foregoing stAtsmsut can be
proved by comparing the srithmetics.
We fall 10 fnd sufficient treatment OF
Compound Fractions in Fish's.
Ffsh's (p 22l, !. 20) rcads: "When
stock Is st par II 10 qaoto1 Mt 100 "
Qleriss: Whist will he do with OAR 20
dollar sharet? VIII not 5O.dollAr
shares " hep Of par bs QuoIel OF so, and
not a. 100? OnRht he not TO stale:
When stock Is at par 1t is quoted AZ lis
nominal value?
Fish's Up 194) treatment OF Duties
or Cnstoms is inadequate because he
sives ali hts problem0 ia U. &. money,
whereas goods are manifested to our
country 10 the money OF tho country
from which .hey ara imported. 5eo
Brooks 6. SM).
Elsh's Arith. No. /, p. 30, 2ud line
rentt: 70 times 40 10 200" Hence
while Mr.. Fieh teaches srithnotic he
untenches grammar by Joining n singh
ar verb or predicate 10 plural sub
leot. But asgsa Fish mag: THAT'S
rignt. That's the way IL ouRht to
b." Then see p. 81 same book, 18th
lac reads; "a ttmeB 3 units are II
uniis. Hence, according to FlBh,
FIso IL wrong In ono OF theee two
places, and in tho gams way many
Times wrong Yor can find plenty OF
examples OF the unsy mme.ry Of lAu.
gus2e thereto.
Fish's tp. no.: "a dec ma, fraction
OF deoimal IL ons or more OF the deo maj
dtvisions Of uait."
CRITICISM: Does the ward decimal
dehno or eHplsln tho meaning OF the
Wocl "deGima ?"
Brooks (p 1917: "a deolmsl fraction
10 3 number OF tsnths, hGLdTedths, thou
sandths, &c."
Fish %, 1871; "Iosurance is security
agsinst loss"
Brooks Up 3S7): "f1surance ia n con
tract OF Indemnity Tor loss or damage
within a given time"
The foregoing are soms examples OF
many faulty ard Inadequate attempts
sc dthui,ions by Filth compared with
good and sufficient dehliiiJns from
| Brooks.
Partnerships as known TO law and
practice ano TO business are! General,
spsoial and limited. You oan learn thai
from Brooks, bat not from Fish.
Brooks tsAches this Indispensable
prluolpls in "PArtnsrshir." wh CHI we
,Aii 70 hna In F,sh's: w; II A puts 10
tl-0O aud $500 after giving a tie IN
teEess on $500, divide The profits equal
ny.
In Fish's ''fAc,ors' used on p. 80. :. 3,
and explained Or p. ~ Fractions s,o
uted on p 20 and explained oo y. SO.
In Flsh's roots are used bsfore null
tiples. This 10 wrong becaui6 II uuts
hnsIysls before eynihesis. A ZOO. is a
actor. A multiple 10 dividend.
Build mp before you tesr down.
Fish's Foreign moneys" arc located
ID pp. FROM hie rula OF Quite, or Cns-
tomii' his "Deuomira.e Tables" lid
pp. tom "Reiuctiou;" "Fgrslzu Ex
change ~ p p from Exchange"
TEACHER.
Wilmington, Dat Jan. ., 1885