Summary
REAL PEN WORK
Self-Instructor in Penmanship.
Published by KNOWLES & MAXIM,
Pittsfield, Mass.
Price, One Dollar Per Copy.
GREATEST MEANS EVER KNOWN FOR LEARNING TO WRITE AN ELEGANT HAND.
Nothing like it ever published before.
Something entirely new. Something that everybody wants. Something that has the most enthralling interest for all.
The Real Pen-Work Self Instructor in Penmanship
Contains more Copies, more Ornamental Work, and more and better Instructions, for learning the Whole Art of Penmanship without a teacher, than any other work ever published in the World. Everything is explained in such a plain and simple way, that any one, no matter how difficult writing may naturally be to him, can learn to write a beautiful hand in an incredibly short time.
NO OTHER PUBLISHERS IN THE WORLD ARE GIVING THE PEOPLE AS MUCH FOR THE MONEY. NOTHING LIKE IT EVER KNOWN BEFORE.
The Largest and most elegantly Illustrated Work on the subject of Penmanship ever published in the World. Expert Penmen and Men of Learning everywhere, all admit that the Real Pen-Work Self-Instructor is the greatest means ever known for learning how to write an elegant hand.
Copyright 1881, by Knowles & Maxim, Pittsfield, Mass.
References
George Ash is agent for Knowles & Maxims “Real Pen Work Self-Instructor in Penmanship” which is the most comprehensive work on penmanship and drawing we have ever seen. It contains a full analysis of all the letters of the alphabet, both small and capital – and elaborate instructions in flourishing and drawing. The “Transfer Process,” something new in the science is fully described and explained. He also has capsules containing material for aking 1/2 pint of good ink. There are five different colors, each of which is sold at 15 cents. The price of the book is $1.00, and well worth the money.
– The Chautauqua Journal, Sedan, Kansas, 2 Feb 1883
