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Title: Up To Date Business
Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume
II.)
Author: Various
Editor: Seymour Eaton
Release Date: February 6, 2007 [EBook
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Language: English
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UP-TO-DATE
BUSINESS
HOME STUDY CIRCLE
LIBRARY
EDITED BY

SEYMOUR EATON
UP TO DATE
BUSINESS
INCLUDING
LESSONS IN BANKING, EXCHANGE,
BUSINESS GEOGRAPHY, FINANCE,
TRANSPORTATION AND
COMMERCIAL LAW
FROM THE CHICAGO RECORD
NEW YORK
THE DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO.
1900
Copyright, 1897, 1898, 1899, by the Chicago
Record
Copyright, 1899, by Seymour Eaton
Copyright, 1899, 1900, by Victor F. Lawson
CONTENTS
I
GENERAL BUSINESS
INFORMATION
I. Commercial Terms and Usages
II. Commercial Terms and Usages (Continued
III. Bank Cheques
IV. Bank Cheques (Continued)
V. Bank Cheques (Continued)
VI. Bank Drafts
VII. Promissory Notes
VIII. The Clearing-house System
IX. Commercial Drafts
X. Foreign Exchange

XI. Letters of Credit
XII. Joint-stock Companies
XIII. Protested Paper
XIV. Paper Offered for Discount
XV. Corporations
XVI. Bonds
XVII. Transportation
XVIII. Transportation Papers
Examination Paper
II
BUSINESS GEOGRAPHY
Trade Features
I. The Trade Features of the British Isles
II. " " " " France
III. " " " " Germany
IV. " " " " Spain and Italy
V. " " " " Russia
VI. " " " " India
VII. " " " " China
VIII. " " " " Japan
IX. " " " " Africa
X. " " " " Australia and Australasia
XI. " " " " South America
XII. " " " " Canada
XIII. " " " " The United States
Examination Paper
III
FINANCE, TRADE, AND
TRANSPORTATION
I. National and State Banks

II. Savings Banks and Trust Companies
III. Corporations and Stock Companies
IV. Borrowing and Loaning Money
V. Collaterals and Securities
VI. Cheques, Drafts, and Bills of Exchange
VII. The Clearing-house System
VIII. Commercial Credits and Mercantile Agencies
IX. Bonds
X. Transportation by Rail
XI. Freight Transportation
XII. Railroad Rates
XIII. Stock and Produce Exchanges
XIV. Storage and Warehousing
Examination Paper
IV
COMMERCIAL LAW
I. The Different Kinds of Contracts
II. The Parties to a Contract
III. The Parties to a Contract (Continued)
IV. The Consideration in Contracts
V. The Essentials of a Contract
VI. Contracts by Correspondence
VII. What Contracts Must Be in Writing
VIII. Contracts for the Sale of Merchandise
IX. The Warranties of Merchandise
X. Common Carriers
XI. The Carrying of Passengers
XII. On the Keeping of Things
XIII. Concerning Agents
XIV. The Law Relating to Bank Cheques

XV. The Law Relating to Leases
XVI. Liability of Employers to Employés
XVII. Liability of Employers to Employés
Examination Paper
V
PREPARING COPY FOR
THE PRESS
AND PROOF-READING
I. Preparing Copy
II. On the Names and Sizes of Type
III. The Terms Used in Printing
IV. Marks Used in Proof-reading
ILLUSTRATIONS
I
GENERAL BUSINESS
INFORMATION
A Poorly Drawn Cheque
A Carefully Drawn Cheque
A Cheque Drawn so as to Insure Payment to Proper Party
A Cheque Payable to Order
A Blank Indorsement
A Cheque Made to Obtain Money for Immediate Use
A Certified Cheque
A Cheque for the Purchase of a Draft
A Bank Draft
Ordinary Form of Promissory Note
A Promissory Note Filled Out in an Engraved Blank
A Special Form for a Promissory Note
The Advantages of the Clearing-house System

The Route of a Cheque
Backs of Two Paid Cheques
A Sight Draft Developed from Letter
A Sight Draft
An Accepted Ten-day Sight Draft
An Accepted Sight Draft
A Time Draft
Foreign Exchange
A Bill of Exchange (Private)
A Bill of Exchange (Banker's)
First Page of a Letter of Credit
Second Page of a Letter of Credit
A Certificate of Stock in a National Bank
A Certificate of Stock in a Manufacturing Company
A Protest
A Private Bond
A Shipping Receipt ("Original")
A Steamship Bill of Lading
A Local Waybill
II
BUSINESS GEOGRAPHY
London the Natural Centre of the World's Trade
British Mercantile Marine
London Bridge
The Coal-fields of England
The Manchester Ship Canal
The Great Manufacturing Districts of England
France Compared in Size with the States of Illinois and Texas
Street Scene in Paris, Showing the Bourse
Approximate Size of the German Empire

North Central Germany, Showing the Ship Canal and the Leading
Commercial Centres
Spain Compared in Size with California
Italy and its Chief Commercial Centres
Russia, the British Empire, and the United States Compared
Moscow
Comparative Sizes of India and the United States
China and its Chief Trade Centres
Japan's Relation to Eastern Asia
The Partition of Africa
Australia
The Most Prosperous Part of South America
Trade Centres of Canada and Trunk Railway Lines
Export Trade of United States and Great Britain Compared
United States Manufactures and Internal Trade Compared with the
Manufactures and Internal Trade of all Other Countries
Principal Articles of Domestic Exports of the United States
III
FINANCE, TRADE, AND
TRANSPORTATION
The Bank of England
Showing Cheque Raised from $7.50 to $70.50
A Certified Cheque
A Bank Draft
A Bill of Exchange
Illustrating Cheque Collections
A Mercantile Agency Inquiry Form