Gaskell's Compendium of Forms, Educational, Social, Legal and Commercial, Embracing a Complete Self-Teaching Course in Penmanship and Bookkeeping, and Aid to English Composition; Together with the Laws and By-Laws of Social Etiquette and Business Laws an…

920 pp. Gilt title and decor on front board, page ridges gilt. 2 color plates; several color charts, plates of calligraphy, and engraved illustrations throughout. CONTENTS: The English Language; Composition, Elocution and Oratory; Writing, Penmanship and Pen Flourishing; Standard Phonography; Bookkeeping; Dictionaries; Letter Writing; Letters of Correspondence; Social Correspondence and Forms; Success in Business; Commercial Forms; Laws and Forms of Business; Parliamentary Etiquette Rues; Tables of Reference; The Government of the United States; Mechanical and Scientific Tables and Facts; Agriculture and Mining; The Home and Family Life; Social Etiquette; How to Travel in Europe; English and American Literature; Familiar Poems.