CATALOGUE OF USEFUL BOOKS PUBLISHED BY EFFINGHAM WILSON, No. 11, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, KNIGHT, FOUNDER OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE; Now offered, for a limited time, at the very reduced price of 15s. In two handsome large octavo volumes, embellished with a fine portrait, and twenty-nine other engravings, elegantly bound in cloth. Recently published at £1 10s. SIR THOMAS GRESHAM lived in the reigns of Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Mary, and Elizabeth,-Reigns, not exceeded in interest by any period of our history; and never was a man's life more actively and usefully spent in benefitting the land of his birth, and enriching its metropolis. Commerce in particular then made a gigantic stride, of which he was by no means an inactive spectator, and has been not inaptly styled the "Great Patriarch of Commerce and Commercial Finance." With a liberality truly patriotic, he erected for the convenience of Merchants, the ROYAL EXCHANGE; and in addition to his other extensive Charities, founded and endowed Seven Lectureships, for the Gratuitous instruction of the CITIZENS OF LONDON in the seven liberal Sciences. It is therefore confidently presumed, that few Merchants, Bankers, or Members of the Corporation of the City of London, will be without it. Very few copies remain for sale of the large paper in 2 vols. royal 8vo. with proof impressions of the plates, price £1 5s., published at £3. Partnership "" en Commandite " Partnership with Limited Liabilities (according to the commercial practice of the Continent of Europe and the United States of America) for the Employment of Capital, the Circulation of Wages, and the Revival of our Home and Colonial Trade. "The United States are chiefly indebted for her rapid and prodigious rise to this system of commercial association, especially in the extraordinary growth of her manufactures, in which 6,000,000t is now invested, giving employment to more than 100,000 persons, exclusive of those engaged in the cultivation of cotton."-Douglas Jerrold. In 1 vol. 8vo., Price 9s. in cloth. Mr. Doubleday's Financial and Monetary History. A Financial, Monetary, and Statistical HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the Revolution of 1688 to the present time; derived principally from Official Documents. By THOMAS DOUBLEDAY, Esq., Author of "The True Law of Population," &c. &c. "Mr. Doubleday's work is a very able, pains-taking, and useful exposition of the origin, progress, and evil consequences resulting from our funding system."-Atlas. In 1 vol. 8vo., Price 12s. cloth. NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE, INCLUDING AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE FORMER EDIFICES; AND A BRIEF MEMOIR OF SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, KNT., Founder of the original Burse in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. In 1 vol. 12mo. with 18 Embellishments, in cloth, 2s. 6d. Commercial Works. Gumersall's Tables of Interest, &c. Interest and Discount Tables, computed at 21, 3, 3), 4, 4), and 5 per cent from 1 to 365 days, and from £1 to £20,000, that the Interest or Discount on any sum, for any number of days, at any of the above rates, may be obtained by the inspection of one page only. Each Rate occupies eighty pages: the last five of which are devoted to the same number of pounds from 1 to 11 months, and from 1 to 10 years. They are also accompanied with Tables of Time and Brokerage, being altogether a vast improvement on Thompson and others By T. B. GUMERSALL, Accountant, London. This work is pre-eminently distinguished from all others on the same subject by facility of reference, distinctness of type, and accuracy of calculation. Seventh Edition, in 1 vol. 8vo. (pp.500), price 10s. 6d. bound in cloth . Tate's Modern Cambist. The Modern Cambist: forming a Manual of Exchanges in the various operations of Bills of Exchange and Bullion; with Tables of Foreign Weights and Measures, with their Equivalents in English, according to the practice of all Trading Nations. By WILLIAM TATE. Sixth Edition just Published, 12s. cloth. Chinese Duties. Schedule Tariff of Duties on the Foreign Trade with China, in Chinese and Mercantile Currency, Reduced into the Equivalent English Rates in Sterling Money, By W. TATE, Author of The Modern Cambist,' on a large sheet Price 18. Transfer Stamp Ready Reckoner; for the use of Sharebrokers and Investers. Tables for Speedily Ascertaining the Cost of Transfer Stamps, which are necessary for the conveyance of railway, canal, and other shares. These Tables show at a glance the amount of the Stamp required for the Transfer of any number of Shares at any price. By HENRY BUTTERWORTH, of the Stock Exchange. Price 2s. 6d., bound in cloth. No. 11, South-East Corner, Fenn's Guide to the Funds. A Compendium of the English and Foreign Funds, and the principal Joint-Stock Companies; forming an Epitome of the various Objects of Investmentnegotiable in London: with some Account of the Internal Debts and Revenues of the Foreign States, and Tables for calculating the Value of the different Stocks, &c. By CHARLES FENN, of the Stock Exchange. Third Edition, price 5s, bound in cloth. "This little volume contains a variety of well-arranged information, indispensable to every capitalist, banker, merchant, trader, and agriculturist."-Morning Herald. "So much useful matter in so small a compass is seldom to be met with."-Times. Information about the British Funds: Being an accurate Account of the different Funds and Stocks; the Money and its Vicissitudes in Value; As they effect National Industry and pecuniary contracts; with a Postscript on Joint Stock Banks. By SAMUEL BAILEY, Esq., Author of "Essays on the Formation of Public Opinion " &c. 224 pp. Svo. Price reduced to 6s. bds. Tuck's Railway Shareholders' Manual; Or, Practical Guide to all the Railways in the World completed and in progress; containing Abstracts of the Railway Acts; Advice to Shareholders; the Laws relating to Share. holders and Speculators; Brokers' Rates of Commission for buying and selling Shares; Table to estimate Railway Dividends; Gross Earnings of all the principal Railways; Table showing the Price of Shares; Railways open; Railways in course of Construction; Railways which received the Royal Assent last Session; Foreign Railways; Railway Offices and Officers, alphabetically arranged. The Accounts and Traffic corrected to the present time; forming the most complete Railway Synopsis ever compiled BY HENRY TUCK. Eighth Edition, greatly enlarged, Price 10s. bound in cloth. Fynn's British Consul's Handbook. British Consuls Abroad; their Origin, Rank, and Privileges, Duties, Jurisdiction, and Emoluments; including the Laws, Orders in Council, and Instructions by which they are governed, as well as those relating to Shipowners and Merchants in their connexion with Consuls. By ROBERT FYNN, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. "This work is written with manifest care and judgment; its contents are not only of vital importance to Consuls, but to Merchants, Shipowners, Captains, and Travellers."--Morning Chronicle. New Edition. Price 6s., neatly bound, dedicated (by permiss ion to the General Shipowners' Society. Royal Exchange. Tate's Bankers' Clearing-House. The System of the London Bankers' Clearances, and their Effects upon the Currency, explained and exemplified by Formulæ of the Clearing-house Accounts. By W. TATE, Author of" The Modern Cambist," &c. 2s. 6d. Jackson's Book-keeping. A New Check-Journal; combining the advantages of the DayBook, Journal, and Cash. Book; forming a complete System of Book-keeping by Double Entry: with copious illustrations of Interest Accounts, and Joint Adventures; and a New Method of Book-keeping, or Double Entry by Single. By GEORGE JACKSON, Accountant, London. Seventh Edition, with the most effectual means of preventing Fraud, Error, and Embezzlement, in Cash Transactions, and in the Receipt and Delivery of Goods, &c. price 6s. bound in cloth. "We can conscientiously add our meed of approval to that of the many who have already preceded us in the same task, and strongly recommend it to general adoption.' Athenæum. Walton's Calculator's Guide. Calculator's Sure Guide; or, the most comprehensive Reckoner ever published: applicable to all Business Transactions. By WILLIAM WALTON, Accountant. Pp. 1 to 231 exhibit an invaluable set of Tables, as by a single inspection may be obtained the amount of any number of pounds, yards, &c. from 1 to 500, at any price, from a Farthing to Half a-crown. These limits embrace at least nineteen out of every twenty calculations which business, in the most general sense of the term, requires to be made. Those who have oocasionally transactions on a larger scale, will find the numbers after 500 advance by hundreds, thousands, and ten-thousands, as far as 90,000. Pages 231 to 596 (the end) contain Tables up to 250 by units, thence to 1000 by hundreds, thence to 10,000 by thousands, and thence to 80,000 by ten-thousands, at the various prices from 2s. 6d. to 19s. 11d. advancing a penny each step; and for the intermediate farthings between the limits of 2s. 6d. and 5s. the advance by units is only up to 10, and thence by tens, hundreds, &c. to 99,000. DIVIDENDS ON BANKRUPTS' AND INSOLVENTS' ESTATES.-It will readily be perceived that the amount of dividends on such estates may be easily found, by considering the numbers as pounds sterling, and the price as the dividend per pound; and the" fractional parts" in every page are exclusively calculated for that purpose. In the Introduction to the work it will be seen that the author considered this branch of paramount importance. 1 large volume 8vo. (600 pages), price £1. 1s. bound in cloth. The Author's Guide. A Guide to Authors; showing how to correct the press, according to the mode adopted and understood by Printers. price 6d. No. 11, South-East Corner. Drabwell's Coal Tables. Improved Coal-Market Tables, for ascertaining the Value of any quantity of coals at any price; also, Discount and Scorage Tables. By WILLIAM DRABWELL, Accountant. 12mo. 5s. bds. Models of Gommercial Letters for Youth. Anderson's Mercantile Letters. A Collection of Modern Letters of Business; with Notes, Critical and Explanatory; an Analytical Index; and an Appendix, containing pro forma Invoices, Account Sales, Bills of Lading, and Bills of Exchange. Also, an Explanation of the German ChainRule, as applicable to the Calculations of Exchanges: with a Nomenclature of Technicalities not to be found in any Dictionary. By W. ANDERSON. "Youth designed for mercantile pursuits cannot be better occupied than in copying these letters "-Standard. "The style of these letters is simple, clear, concise, and correct, saying much in a little compass: the author is evidently a man of business, and his book may be regarded as an intermediate step between the school and the counting-house, and is the only work of its kind in existence. There are also forms of invoices, bills of lading, bills of exchange; in fact, we have rarely, if ever, seen so much useful matter in so small a compass. To young men just entering counting-houses, this book will be a very great assistant indeed: we have heard several elderly merchants of great respectability and influence say, that if they had but possessed such a book in their youthful days, it would have saved them a world of trouble."-London Mercantile Journal. "A most comprehensive and complete guide to commercial transactions, the examples being taken from genuine commercial letters; and the whole work being directed to objects of practical utility and matters of genuine business, it forms a most useful assistant in all branches of trade and commerce."-Courier. "The New Edition is not merely valuable as examples of commercial style, but as introducing the reader and student, in the most familiar and intelligible manner, to the system of commercial dealings in all its branches, as carried on between this and other countries; in fact, it is a book which should be found in every counting-house and school, as the general mercantile information which it communicates and familiarises cannot fail to render it interesting to all classes of readers."-Examiner. "We have only to announce a second edition of this excellent work. Of its merits, as being the first of its class, we have already spoken. We perceive that in this edition much has been inserted which tends to add to its previous utility. We would especially notice Australian correspondence. This is novel and striking, and speaks much for the growing commerce of that rising colony. These letters are models for the man of business and the counting-house. Further commendation would be superfluous."-Atlas. Fourth Edition, in a neat 12mo. volume, bound in cloth, price 5s. In addition to the foregoing, every COMMERCIAL WORK of REPUTE is constantly on Sale. Royal Exchange. |