BUSINESS-MAN'S HAND-BOOK.

CONTAINING

BUSINESS LAWS, CONDENSED, SUCH AS FORMATION OF CORPORATIONS, ACCORDING
TO THE LAWS OF DIFFERENT STATES; PATENT LAWS; LAWS OF COPY-

RIGHT; CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS; TRANSFERS; ASSIGN-

MENTS; INFANTS AND MINORS, ETC., ETC.

INTEREST TABLES, SIMPLE AND COMPOUND; RATES OF SILVER MONEY AND FOREIGN
CURRENCY; REGARDING FREIGHTS AND TON QUANTITIES; EXCHANGE ON EUROPE;
AREAS OF CIRCLES; COMPLETE TABLES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; MEASURES
OF CAPACITY; REDUCTION OF FOREIGN MONEY TO DOLLARS AND CENTS;
EQUATION OF PAYMENTS; METRIC SYSTEM; HOW TO CORRECT PROOF;
ABOUT THE "DRUMMER"; GOLD COINS OF THE WORLD WITH
WEIGHT AND VALUE; MISCELLANEOUS TABLES; THE MAN
OF BUSINESS; LITERARY MATTER, ETC.

ALSO A CAREFULLY SELECTED LIST OF THE REPRESENTATIVE DAILY, WEEKLY, RELIG-
IOUS AND AGRICULTURAL NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES AND MONTHLIES PUBLISHED
IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, WITH A COMPLETE LIST OF

ALL THE NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS ISSUED IN NEW ENG-

LAND, TOGETHER WITH CIRCULATION, RATING, ETC.

EDITED BY R. W. REXFORD (FAIRLEIGH).

PUBLISHED BY

PETTINGILL & Co., NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING AGENCY,

22 SCHOOL STREET, BOSTON.

Copyright, A. D. 1892, by Pettingill & Co.

PREFACE.

In asking for the

Business-Man's

Hand-Book " a

kindly greeting from its subscribers, the Editor desires to say that it contains much valuable information in small space. It does not cover everything that a business man should know, but will often answer a question for him on very many points. The Editor has made the best selection he could from the different sources at his disposal, and trusts that within this

small volume he has combined an amount of information and

interest that would only be found in larger and more expensive publications. ED.