Series 03: Thomas Hassall, diaries, 1859, 1865: No. 007

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LETTS'S DIARIES FOR 1859.

To guide such members of the Public as have not used our Diaries before in the selection of those Editions which will most probably suit them, we offer the following analysis, drawn from experience.

The Editions most generally adopted by

LADIES, are Nos. 10, 12, 18, 20, 22, and other small editions.

CLERGYMEN, are Nos. 9, 10 and 12, 12 enl., with the Tablet Diary for Vestry, &c.

PHYSICIANS and the MEDICAL PROFESSION, Nos. 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 12, and the M or Monthly Editions, No. 14 M, 17 M, 21 M, 23 M, the latter giving a large space to write on, without occupying much room in the Pocket, (TOURISTS also will find these convenient.) A new form for the pocket is also published, arranged to note Appointments, Accouchments, Vaccination, &c., called the Medical Diary.

SOLICITORS and the LEGAL PROFESSION, Nos. 1, 2, 8 and 9. Other Professions having engagements by time, exclusively, as those of Music, Dancing, Drawing, &c., are provided for by a Pocket Form, subdivided into hours, entitled the Professional Appointment Diary.

THE ARMY AND NAVY, Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11. In Morocco & Russia Spring Lock Cases.

MERCHANTS, BANKERS, ENGINEERS, and GENTLEMEN IN OFFICIAL CAPACITIES, Nos. 51, 52 and 53; 1, 2 and 3; 6 and 7; 8, 9, 10, 11, &c. and the B, or Dr. and Cr. Diaries, as 3 B, 4 B, 5 B, 6 B, 7 B, 11 B, &c.

TRADESMEN, Nos. 4, 5, 11, 13, 15, &c. and the B, or Dr. and Cr. Diaries.

MECHANICS, WAREHOUSEMEN, &c., Nos. 17, 21, 23, and the 1s.6d., 1s., 9d., 6d.

The POCKET EDITIONS being indiscriminately used by all.

Nearly every Edition is provided with a loose protecting Cover of Leather or Cloth to last an indefinite period, for the purpose of keeping it neat and unbroken to the year's end.

In addition to a ruled space for every day in the Year according with the arrangements described on succeeding pages, and accompanied with Notices of all remarkable events to be provided for (such as Public Holidays, Dividends due, Eclipses, &c., they contain (with one or two exceptions) a general summary of an entire page or opening for each month, blanks for casual memoranda, and the following important Tables, &c.:—

COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL.

Almanack for the Year, with Tides, &c.
Tide Tables for the Out-ports
Eclipses
Duration of Moon-light
Holidays at the Bank and other Offices
Sunday Lessons
Jewish Calendar, Fasts, Festivals, &c.
Weather Table
Ready Reckoner, for Marketing, [?] lb., yard, &c.
For calculation of Wages
Fairs in England—Compendium of
Life Assurance, Cost of a, at various Offices
Advertisements of Ditto
Value of an Annuity at various Ages
Government Life Annuities at ditto
Probable Duration of Life at ditto
British Weights and Measures
Foreign Weights compared with English
Foreign Money compared with English
Funds, Transfer Days, Dividends, &c.
Relative Value at various Rates
Highest and Lowest Prices, 1853-1857
Property and Income Tax Table
Interest Table at £5 per cent.

Interest Table, at 3, 3½, 4, 4½, & 5 per cent.
Interest Ready Reckoner, for any amount, at 2, 2½, 3, 4. and 5 per cent
The New Tariff or Customs' Duties
Assessed Taxes
Stamp Duties—Law and Commercial
Directions for making a Will
Brief Directions to Executors
Birth Days of the Royal Family
Court of Aldermen and Officers
Army and Navy Agents
Bankers in London
Country Bankers, with London Agents
Styles and Commencement of Address to
the Nobility and Public Officers
Her Majesty's Officers of State and Principal Departments of Government
House of Peers, &c.
Scotch and Irish Peers, not being Peers of Parliament
House of Commons—Representatives
Ditto—Places Represented
Post Office Regulations
Foreign Ministers and Consuls
English Ministers abroad.

SUMMARY OF THE COMMERCIAL EVENTS OF THE YEAR.

Embracing Monthly Tables of the highest and lowest prices of the following Articles of Produce, with the quantities warehoused in the Docks :—

Corn and Wheat
Cotton
Coffee

Indigo
Sugar, (Jamaica, Bengal, Mauritius, & Refined)

Rice
Wool
Silk

Cochineal
Iron
Rum

Funds; Bank Notes in Circulation and Reserve, with Bullion in both Departments.

LEGAL.

Holidays at Law Offices
Law and University Terms
Circuits of the Judges

Court of Bankruptcy
Law Offices & Hours of Attendance
Acts passed last Session

LETTS, SON & Co., 8, ROYAL EXCHANGE (E.C).

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PRICE AND DESCRIPTION
OF THE VARIOUS EDITIONS OF LETTS'S DIARIES.

OFFICE EDITIONS.

POCKET EDITIONS in Permanent or Detached Covers.

CHEAP EDITIONS FOR THE OFFICE.

CHEAP EDITIONS FOR THE POCKET.

* – Neat Embossed Cl. Cover, dated on back & beginning. + – Thin Green Silk Covers, or Elastic Bands to
go into other Cases
++ – Pocket Books, in French Morocco Leather, with tongue and Pencil
[?] – Detached Covers of French Morocco Leather, fastened with an elastic band
[?] – Detached and complete Pocket Books, of the best Morocco or Russia Leather with elastic Spring Bands.
The last are especially recommended for durability and neatness.