Ira Mayhew
Published: 2016-07-22
Total Pages: 232
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Excerpt from Mayhew's Practical Book-Keeping: Embracing Single and Double Entry, Commercial Calculations, and the Philosophy and Morals of Business 6. The wife or daughter might, in many instances, very properly keep the books of the husband or father, whose time is absorbed in the pursuits of a laborious profession, and thus not only save the expense of a clerk, but transact the business of the household more satisfactorily, and have the pleasure of contributing to the comfort and happiness of the family, as well as to its pecuniary interests. Woman, when not otherwise employed, may also properly enter the counting-room, and engage with father and brothers in its quiet duties, for the discharge of which she is as well fitted by nature as they. She thus acquires a knowledge of busi ness, and if bereft of husband or father, upon whom too many females are entirely dependent for support, she may be enabled herself to conduct the business advantageously, or to close it without loss. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.