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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
Hitting The Thought Trail
By EDWARD LYMAN BILL
•I This book has drawn forth hearty commendations and praise from business men and brain workers every-
where. €J Orders have been placed with the publishers by some of the largest houses in this country for
copies to be distributed among their selling staff. *§ Educational institutions and libraries have also ordered
copies. €J The book is conceded by critics to be one which will have a lasting influence. IJ It is valuable
to salesmen and business men. 1$ Below appear a few excerpts from many eulogistic communications sent
by readers to the author.
EDWARD D. EASTON : "It contains ex-
cellent material which may be read with
interest and profit."
WM. BOOTH : "1 congratulate you upon
the noble thoughts you have expressed
in its various themes. May it accomplish
the good you intended for the betterment
and uplift of men in active business
life."
ALFRED D. ENGELHARDT: "I have
been reading snatches from it now and
then whenever time permitted, and I
find it chock-full of good things. This
book certainly contains many true say-
ings and should prove an ideal text-
book for young fellows just entering
upon a business career. 1 keep my
copy here in my desk as a sort of ref-
erence book."
HORACE LEHR: "It is a work for the
desk of the business man. It broadens
his views—encourages him to think—•
points out the success to be attained in
working along intelligent lines and gives
him a cheerful outlook on life."
FRANK S. SHAW: "It is eminently
worth while."
GEO. P. BENT: "I find much in it to
enjoy and to admire."
C. C. POLK: "The book is certainly a
valuable compilation of ably written
articles."
JAS. H. WHITE: "I find it most interest-
ing. There is a lot of good, pithy meat
in it, and I wish the book could be in
the hands of a good many people, as
doubtless it will be."
A. C. CHENEY: "I have enjoyed it im-
mensely."
MARTIN AUSTIN: "It seems to me that
the title is particularly happy, and in the
make-up of this book you are ahead of
the times, because this tabloid style of
writing is what appeals to the busy man."
CHAS. T. KAFFENBERGER: "I feel
that I have obtained a work which will
give me a literary treat."
E. S. VOTEY: "It will make interesting
reading and I congratulate you upon be-
ing the author of such a book."
GEO. L. CHENEY: "Your talks are most
suggestive and helpful. I will derive
great pleasure from its morals and
teachings."
PAUL B. KLUGH: "It seems to me to be
a compendium of basic philosophy, and
I prize it very highly. I congratulate
you upon it not only because of what
you have said, but because its real lite-
rary merit .shows that one at least in
this trade possesses knowledge of and
takes time to consider something be-
sides the threadbare arguable problems
of this trade."
GEO. M. EGGLESTON: "I have thor-
oughly enjoyed your book and hope
same will be broadly read, as the chap-
ters are all so comprehensive that every
reader will be the better for a perusal
of same. The points you make appeal
direc'.ly to the business man's common
sense. ' r
GUST. AD. ANDERSON: "I have read
your cheering and highly valuable epi-
grammatic sketches and I wish I could
appropriate words to congratulate you
as enthusiastically as the work deserves.
You have crystallized many valuable
thoughts in a most attractive form."
GEO. H. BENT: "I have read the conten'.s
with a great deal of interest and benefit."
JAS. B. WOODFORD: "Viewed from the
standpoint of a very busy business man,
I think the volume justifies the use of a
very trite expression, 'It fills a long-
felt want.' I find I can take it up at
almost any moment and under almost
any circumstance and read a page, and
it is truly refreshing. 1 am somewhat
impressed with the fact that while it
betrays a familiarity with practical busi-
ness matters somewhat unlooked for in
one whom is generally regarded as a
theorist, it also gives some valuable theo-
retical suggestions which the practical
business man would do well to make a
note of. Its cheerful optimism and
healthful humor, as well as the genuinely
entertaining manner in which it is writ-
ten, commend it to me as a book which
I shall be glad to recommend to my
friends."
F. K. DOLBEER: "Have many times ob-
tained thoughts which have been ad-
vantageous to me in many ways."
WM. M. BAUER: "It will prove useful
and instructive to men in all lines of
business. Piano merchants especially
should be very grateful to you for the
many good suggestions and ideas em-
bodied in it."
B. BURLEY AYRES: "I am delighted
with its contents. It is a bunch of es-
says that interest me as touching the
present action. Each one of these essays
fit something that is in the mind while
handling current business subjects, and
therefore is all the more welcome be-
cause so pat."
CHRIS. G. STEGER: "There are many-
good things in this book for the thought-
ful man. It shows a close study and a
clear comprehension of the things we
call 'commonplaces' of life. Your book
is a confirmation that the thoughtful
man gets the most out of life. Every
type of business man through the rush
and press of business is apt to overlook
the small things, forgetting that these
control and make up the larger events of
life."
JACOB HEYL: "I find therein a wealth
of thought and material at once con-
genial and instructive."
SIDNEY N. MAYER: "We are much im-
pressed with it, finding same extremely
interesting and valuable reading."
GEO. F. BLAKE: "It seems to me that
the results are in keeping with the
thought and attention you have given to
the various articles, inasmuch as they
express many good ideas in a careful and
concise manner."
GEO. W. LYLE: "I find the chapters not
only exceedingly interesting, but also
instructive and helpful, and feel certain
that no one could read the book without
being greatly benefited."
HUGO SOHMER: "The concise expres-
sion of your thoughts and ideas is strik-
ing and cannot fail to interest and please
the reader."
CFIAS. H. EDDY: "I know that it con-
tains much that is interesting and of
benefit."
HON. JAS. H. CALLANAN: "I think it
is a mighty sensible work. This is a
commercial age, and anything that can
be written or quoted in the great game
of the survival of the fittest is pertinent
indeed."
HENRY WEGMAN: "It certainly is a
great piece of work, and I have enjoyed
it very much."
BEN H. JEFFERSON: "You certainly
deserve credit for your efforts to throw
a little light in the dark places."
JAS. S. GRAY: "I desire to congratulate
you on being its author. I assure you
that all my family have enjoyed read-
ing it."
L. L. DOUD: "A cursory glance over the
headings and some of the thoughts
show me that you have put in a good
deal of brain work, and the results of
it are what count in this world. If the
work does not net you a great deal of
money it will undoubtedly be a rich in-
heritance to the book lore of the world
generally."
H. R. BAUER: "I feel very, very sure it
will prove intensely interesting and will
help me a great deal in my work."
A. L. J E W E T T : "It contains just the ma-
terial we like to read, and we wish there
was much more matter of this kind pub-
lished. The more I read the more 1
want to read, and I consider it the best
publication I have ever seen. It will
serve its purpose, and the purpose is a
most important one, for every business
man of the present day and age needs a
stimulant of this kind."
E. B. BOGART: "It is a book that will be
good for years to come and will lighten
one's labors through the sound reasoning
and solid thoughts expressed therein."
J. HERRBURGER: "Your 'thoughts' are
full of wisdom and truth. They are
written in concise, clear and fine Eng-
lish, and it is a great satisfaction to me
to follow the trail of your thoughts in
my moments of leisure."
EDWIN C. MILLER: "It should be of
great value to the thoughtful man, and
especially to the young man starting in
on his business career."
HENRY M. LESTER: "I think that any-
one who has the privilege of reading
such a work must feel the impulse that
it is helpful in a business way."
W. R. FARRAND: "There is much to
study and ponder over between its cov-
ers. You certainly are doing good mis-
sionary work when you can get out a
volume of this description."
CHAS. KOHLER: "A very interesting
book, worthy of most careful reading."
DEAN PARK: "There are many good
ideas and presentations, and, inasmuch
as they are all of an optimistic character,
I am of the opinion that they are all
very good."
KRAKAUER BROS. "This work is won-
derfully finished. We have perused the
book with deep interest. It incites a
serious although magnetic influence
through its original presentation of
sound truths, and in this connection is
of great educational value."
"Hitting the Thought Trail" contains over 200 pages and the price for single copies delivered anywhere in the United States is
$1.75. Money will be cheerfully refunded in each case where it is desired after an examination has been made of the book.
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