Excerpt from The Southern Confederacy Arithmetic, for Common Schools and Academies: With a Practical System of Book-Keeping by Single Entry It has been the author's aim to avoid prolixity. To acquire numerical skill, a pupil should not become weary (if his work. Arithmetics, generally, because too long, are tire. 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.