This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1895 Edition.

1910. What is a good businessman? The rich man, you may answer. No, the good businessman is the man who knows business. Are you a good businessman? Up to the average, you say. Well, what do you know of business laws and rules, outside your present circle of routine work? This handy little volume is a condensation of the rules and the laws which every man, from the day laborer to the banker, should be familiar with. Never a man has won honestly who did not carry out these rules and laws.

1895. Contents: What is Success?; The Importance of Character; Home Influences; Association; Courage and Determined Effort; The Importance of Correct Habits; As to Marriage; Education as Distinguished from Learning; The Value of Experience; Selecting a Calling; We Must Help Ourselves; Successful Farming; As to Public Life; The Need of Constant Effort; Some of Labor's Compensations; Patience and Perseverance; Success but Seldom Accidental; Cultivate Observation and Judgment; Singleness of Purpose; Business and Brains; Put Money in They Purse Honestly; A Sound Mind in a Sound Body; Labor Creates the Only True Nobility; The Successful Man is Self-Made; and Unselfishness and Helpfulness. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

1910. What is a good businessman? The rich man, you may answer. No, the good businessman is the man who knows business. Are you a good businessman? Up to the average, you say. Well, what do you know of business laws and rules, outside your present circle of routine work? This handy little volume is a condensation of the rules and the laws which every man, from the day laborer to the banker, should be familiar with. Never a man has won honestly who did not carry out these rules and laws.

If you can avoid it, do not loan your name to every needy friend that comes along. Your neighbors question your good judgment every time you have to meet a note which you were coaxed into endorsing. You would have saved yourself by loaning the money outright.-from "Chapter XXIV: Things to Remember"If you're doing business in the year 1910, there's no better source for helpful advice than Business Hints for Men and Women. This handy little volume explains such vital matters as: . common sense farming. how to make a bank draft. advice on using the postal service. how to send a telegram. using the telephone. why you should let your wife know what you're up to businesswise. and much more.Don't do business in the early 20th century without it Also available from Cosimo Classics: Calhoun's How to Get on in the World.American artist and writer ALFRED ROCHEFORT CALHOUN contributed photography, sketches, and articles to publications including Harper's Weekly and the Philadelphia Press.

The old saying, "Marry in haste and repent at leisure," will never lose its force. Worse than the man whose selfishness keeps him a bachelor till death, is the young man, who, under an impulse he imagines to be an undying love, marries a girl as poor, weak, and selfish as himself.-from "Chapter VII: As to Marriage"Subtitled A Ladder to Practical Success, this little book is chock full of handy advice for a young man looking to make his way in the world... or at least in the world of 1895, when it was first published. Calhoun's guidance encompasses: .the importance of correct habits.the value of experience.selecting a calling.some of labor's compensations.patience and perseverance.and more.While some of its core counsel is timeless, this quaint work is a charming look back at a society that no longer exists.Also available from Cosimo Classics: Calhoun's Business Hints for Men and Women.American artist and writer ALFRED ROCHEFORT CALHOUN contributed photography, sketches, and articles to publications including Harper's Weekly and the Philadelphia Press.

1895. Contents: What is Success?; The Importance of Character; Home Influences; Association; Courage and Determined Effort; The Importance of Correct Habits; As to Marriage; Education as Distinguished from Learning; The Value of Experience; Selecting a Calling; We Must Help Ourselves; Successful Farming; As to Public Life; The Need of Constant Effort; Some of Labor's Compensations; Patience and Perseverance; Success but Seldom Accidental; Cultivate Observation and Judgment; Singleness of Purpose; Business and Brains; Put Money in They Purse Honestly; A Sound Mind in a Sound Body; Labor Creates the Only True Nobility; The Successful Man is Self-Made; and Unselfishness and Helpfulness. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

What is a good businessman? The rich man, you may answer. No, the good businessman is the man who knows business. Are you a good businessman? Up to the average, you say. Well, what do you know of business laws and rules, outside your present circle of routine work? This handy little volume is a condensation of the rules and the laws which every man, from the day laborer to the banker, should be familiar with. Never a man has won honestly who did not carry out these rules and laws.