THE PACKARD COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC. BY S. S. PACKARD, PRESIDENT OF PACKARD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, NEW YORK, AUTHOR OF THE BRYANT AND COURSE OF BUSINESS TRAINING, AND BYRON HORTON, A.M., PRINCIPAL OF THE MATHEMATICAL DEPARTMENT OF PACKARD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE. [ADVANCE SHEETS.] NEW YORK: S. S. PACKARD, 805 BROADWAY. 1882. HARVAR COPYRIGHT, 1881, RUSSELL BROTHERS, PRINTERS, 17-23 ROSE STREET, N. Y. EXPLANATORY. THE THE 200 pages of arithmetical matter here printed comprise two-thirds of a book now in preparation, and to be completed about April 1, 1882. The authors of this new Commercial Arithmetic-as it will be-have not stopped to inquire whether the educational world is standing still for want of such a work, or whether the embarrassment lies in the direction of a surfeit ; and although not indifferent to these considerations, they have had nothing to do with the inception or growth of the book. It is not intended to supply any general want, but from the beginning to the end will be adapted to a known and special want-that of the mathematical department of Packard's Business College; and it is but just to say that had this want been met by any book already published the present work would not have been undertaken. This is not the place nor the time to speak of the characteristics of the book; and in fact, if they do not speak for themselves no advertisement by the authors can supply the deficiency. It is proper to say, however, that it is not and will not be a compilation from other published works; that the facts which it presents concerning business laws and business customs have all been ascertained by personal inquiry and verified by official correspondence; and that the examples contain no puzzles nor conundrums, but are all practical and reasonable, and for the most part gathered from active busiWhether they are fuller and better than those of other books, or whether the subjects are presented in the proper order and with the proper balance and symmetry, are professional questions which every one can answer for himself. ness. If any teachers to whom these advance sheets are sent see in them the promise of what they may possibly need, there will be no objection to their saying so, and no objection on the part of the authors to their using the completed book when it is ready. The supplementary table of contents indicates the character and scope of the remaining hundred pages. S. S. PACKARD, BYRON HORTON. |