This hardcover book was published in 1910 by the Commercial Department of Springfield High School with 106 pages including the frontispiece. The text is unmarked. The binding is sound. No dust jacket. The pages are toned. Previous owners name present. The first 20 pages have a small dampstain at the bottm foredge near the corner (less than 1/4 of and inch). In the preparation of this manual the author has endeavored to explain all principles and to give a few abstract problems to further develop same.....In practical business life the demand is for accuracy and rapidity.....This manual is not intended to take the place of, but only supplement other texts on arithmetic where the short methods are sadly neglected......Leaving out the practical application of the principles used in this text, the disciplinary value alone will fully reward any one for the time spent in studying the subject.Thoroughly master all principles and frequently review them till they become a part of yourself; then they will be useful to you......The student or the teacher of this text should make many more similar examples so as to further impress theprinciples upon the mind.INDEXAddition 1-20Addition and Subtraction 21-28Proof of Addition 29-30Multiplication 31-58Division 59-64Decimals 65-66Fractions 67-7:3Grain Problems 73-75Cancellation 76Lumber Measure 77Log Measure 78Wood Measure 79Corn, Wheat Measure 79Simple Proportion 80Interest 81-83Percentage 84Tables 85-86Miscellaneous Problems 87-89Commercial Discount 89Pay Roll 90Involution 91-93Day of Week 94Appendix 95-96