The Business Life
Or Straight Talks on Business (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Business Life: Or Straight Talks on Business<br><br>These 'Talks' were originally published in a little monthly Trade Circular issued by A. W. Penrose & Co., with which firm the Author is associated, and were only intended to form an opening for advertising matter. Since the cessation of the series a very general wish has been expressed by numerous correspondents, with many of whom the Author is unacquainted personally, that the articles should be published in a collected form. The Author has, however, been somewhat diffident about taking such a step; and would not have done so, but that it was so strongly pressed. He felt that, in this more ambitious style, they would be, perhaps, subject to keener criticism at the hands of those who did not appreciate the circumstances under which they were originally written. The articles were hurriedly prepared in the all too few spare moments of a strenuous business life; and often as a relief to the mind after a day of mental strain and worry. They accordingly may bear traces of hasty thought and work, in spite of the revision to which they have been subjected in the present re-issue.<br><br>It is not pretended that there is anything essentially new in these 'Talks.'<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.