Summary
Parson’s
Hand-Book of Forms:
A Compendium of
Business and Social Rules,
and a Complete Work of
Reference & Self-Instruction,
with Illustrations.
A Practical Treatise on Penmanship, Commercial Arithmetic, Business Forms, Commercial Law, Weights and Measures, Government, Banking, Telegraphy, Letter Writing, Cards and Invitations, Deportment, Parliamentary Practice, and a Self-Teaching Course in Book Keeping, Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization, Together With a Dictionary of Synonyms, and Tabular Statistics on Various Topics.
By J. E. White and Prof. W. F. Parsons
Prest. Business College, Kalamzaoo, Mich.
Battle Creek, Mich.:
Published by J.E. White, 8 West Main St.
1882.
References
A Valuable Work.
“Parson’s Hand-book of Business and Social Forms, by W.F. Parsons and J.E. White; department authors: Hon. Chas. S. May, Prof. A. Hadlock, Prof. G.H. Bell, S.S. Hulbert, Att’y, Prof. C.W. Stone, Hon. Wm. C. Gage, Prof. U. Smith.” The work is sold only by subscription, is a large octavo volume of nearly 500 pages, splendidly illustrated. Its elegant binding, new and ornamental type, extra fine toned paper and good press work render it far above ordinary books in its mechanical execution. The subjects treated are penmanship, book-keeping, commercial arithmetic, business forms, commercial law, telegraphy, grammar, punctuation and capitalization, letter writing, cards and invitations, deportment, parliamentary law, synonyms and many other things which every well-informed person should know. In fact it is a perfect encyclopedia of useful knowledge of itself. All the departments are full and complete, and were they purchased separately would cost many times the price of this work; hence the great saving in expense, as well as the convenience of having all together in one volume.
This desirable work is sold as follows: Bound in extra fine English cloth, gilt side and back, sprinkled edges, $3.50; in library style, $4.25; in full morocco, gilt edges, $5.00. Mr. J.B. Cronkite, of Battle Creek, is now canvassing Berrien county for this work, and no family can afford to be without it. It is sold much cheaper than other works of a similar nature, and will prove a most valuable investment.
– The Weekly Palladium, Benton Harbor, Michigan, 28 Jul 1882
