The Complete English Tradesman

The Complete English Tradesman
Daniel Defoe, english trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy, now most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731)

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Table of Contents
 AND, FIRST, OF INNOCENT DIVERSIONS
-01- About this book
-02- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
-03- INTRODUCTION
-04- THE TRADESMAN IN HIS PREPARATIONS WHILE AN APPRENTICE
-05- THE TRADESMAN'S WRITING LETTERS
-06- THE TRADING STYLE
-07- OF THE TRADESMAN ACQUAINTING HIMSELF WITH ALL BUSINESS IN GENERAL
-08- DILIGENCE AND APPLICATION IN BUSINESS
-09- OVER-TRADING
-10- OF THE TRADESMAN IN DISTRESS, AND BECOMING BANKRUPT
-11- THE ORDINARY OCCASIONS OF THE RUIN OF TRADESMEN
-13- OF EXTRAVAGANT AND EXPENSIVE LIVING
-14- OF THE TRADESMAN'S MARRYING TOO SOON
-15- OF THE TRADESMAN'S LEAVING HIS BUSINESS TO SERVANTS
-16- OF TRADESMEN MAKING COMPOSITION WITH DEBTORS, OR WITH CREDITORS
-17- OF THE UNFORTUNATE TRADESMAN COMPOUNDING WITH HIS CREDITORS
-18- OF TRADESMEN RUINING ONE ANOTHER BY RUMOUR AND CLAMOUR, BY SCANDAL AND REPROACH
-19- OF THE TRADESMAN'S ENTERING INTO PARTNERSHIP IN TRADE, AND THE MANY DANGERS ATTENDING IT
-20- OF HONESTY IN DEALING, AND LYING
-21- OF THE CUSTOMARY FRAUDS OF TRADE, WHICH HONEST MEN ALLOW THEMSELVES TO PRACTISE, AND PRETEND TO JUSTIFY
-22- OF FINE SHOPS, AND FINE SHOWS
-23- OF THE TRADESMAN'S KEEPING HIS BOOKS, AND CASTING UP HIS SHOP
-24- OF THE TRADESMAN LETTING HIS WIFE BE ACQUAINTED WITH HIS BUSINESS
-25- OF THE DIGNITY OF TRADE IN ENGLAND MORE THAN IN OTHER COUNTRIES
-26- OF THE INLAND TRADE OF ENGLAND, ITS MAGNITUDE, AND THE GREAT ADVANTAGE IT IS TO THE NATION IN GENERAL
-27- OF CREDIT IN TRADE, AND HOW A TRADESMAN OUGHT TO VALUE AND IMPROVE IT
-28- OF THE TRADESMAN'S PUNCTUAL PAYING HIS BILLS AND PROMISSORY NOTES UNDER HIS HAND, AND THE CREDIT HE GAINS BY IT