. Penman's Art Journal and Penman's Gazette. ghtsay too that no book witfaNvhich we are fa-miliar has built its popularity upon a surerfoundation. The title does not convey an en-tirely adequate impression of the contents, n^rcould any title of reasonable length. Tin-Manual is really a boiled down cyclopedia ofeveryday science, art and biography—a com-pendium of forms, formulas and general dataof a utilitarian nature, calculated to gi-eatlyreduce the friction of transacting evei-ydaybusiness. The author and publisher, ThomasE. Hill. Prospect Park, III., deserves all tlit- The cost of the propo
. Penman's Art Journal and Penman's Gazette. ghtsay too that no book witfaNvhich we are fa-miliar has built its popularity upon a surerfoundation. The title does not convey an en-tirely adequate impression of the contents, n^rcould any title of reasonable length. Tin-Manual is really a boiled down cyclopedia ofeveryday science, art and biography—a com-pendium of forms, formulas and general dataof a utilitarian nature, calculated to gi-eatlyreduce the friction of transacting evei-ydaybusiness. The author and publisher, ThomasE. Hill. Prospect Park, III., deserves all tlit- The cost of the proposed Nicaragua Canal placed at $05,000,000. The distance Li-tween the oceans is I01» miles, but only twenty-nine miles of canal will have to be dug. TliiSan Juan River must be deepened and sonifartificial basins constructed in the valleys ofother streams, Lake Nicaragua affords fifty-six miles of free sailing. The Suez Canal,which was cut out of the soil and sand for 100mUes, cost «81,000,000. THE FE3Sr] HOUR,.. Penmen Are Delighted. Itat IR Said lu all Part* of Aiiick*Book of FloiirlHhOM. ; .v- THE COMPILEK of l-;,^ Ames Book of Flour- ishes canDOt but feelriiUtered at the iip-proviag. caminCDts thathave poured iu from allparts of tlie countrysiDce the work was puton the market. Everyone agrees that it is thecheapest penmanshipwork in print, by cora-paring the extent andquality of its plate mat-ter with that of anyother book. In heavypaper covers at $1, and cloth and gilt at * Here are some fresh comments boiled down:J. Hit. C. N. Crandle, N. I. Normal School, Dixon,HI. : My pupils have received their AmesBooks of Flourishes and are lielightcd «-ithIhem. You have certainly made a hit. [Thiswas a large order.] nould 6ir« $5 for mtmh a Morfc. D. D. Darby, Xorthboro, Iowa : Far t eiterthan I anticipated. Would readily give $5for such a work.
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