12 PITMAN'S COMMERCIAL SERIES 



PRACTICAL PRIMERS OF BUSINESS. 



Each volume in this series is intended to serve the purpose of an intro- 

 duction to the particular subject treated, and also to meet the 

 requirements of those who do not wish to gain more than a slight but 

 useful knowledge of the subject. 



BOOK-KEEPING FOR RETAILERS. By H. W. PORRITT and W. 

 NICKLIN, A.S.A.A. The authors of this new book have had in their 

 professional capacity a great amount of experience in retailers' 

 accounts, and in this handy little volume they present a system of 

 book-keeping for retailers designedly simple, easy in operation, and 

 accurate in its results. The adaptation of the system to various 

 retail businesses is clearly discussed and explained. Numerous 

 illustrations and examples simplify the treatment. Additional 

 chapters deal with " Incidental Matters," such as leases, rates, 

 assessment, and stock-taking, the various necessary forms of 

 insurance, the making out of income-tax returns, partnerships and 

 limited companies. In crown 8vo, cloth, 130 pp., net is. 



ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND CORRESPONDENCE. By J. F. 

 DAVIS, D.Lit., M.A., LL.B. (Lond.). The purpose of this book is, 

 by means of a few simple rules, to enable a writer of either sex to 

 express himself or herself clearly and correctly in the mother tongue 

 as it ought to be written. The first part contains chapters on 

 accidence with examples from Commercial Correspondence. The 

 second part deals with syntax, parsing, analysis, and punctuation. 

 The third part treats of the construction of sentences ; precision 

 and order, and the choice of words ; and closes with specimens of 

 business letters. The author, from his experience as examiner in 

 English to the University of London and the Institute of Bankers, 

 is peculiarly fitted to deal with this subject. In crown 8vo, cloth, 

 118 pp., net is. 



THE ELEMENTS OF COMMERCIAL LAW. By A. H. DOUGLAS, 

 LL.B. (Lond.). In the present volume the general principles of 

 commercial law are presented. Examples and illustrations are 

 freely used, in order that the subject may be made as intelligible 

 and interesting as possible. In the first portion of the book the 

 general principles of contract are discussed in comprehensive fashion, 

 and later chapters deal with commercial relationships, partnerships, 

 the sale and carriage of goods, and negotiable instruments. The 

 author is a barrister-at-law who has attained the highest academic 

 distinction both at the Inns of Court and London University. In 

 crown 8vo, cloth, 128 pp., net is. 



