text on the subject. If any credit man were to be guided solely by the principles given, this "most important part of the credit department's work-namely, to analyze this information in order to reach an intelligent conclusion," would be poorly done. For instance, for the analysis of the merchandise inventory, suggestive interrogations are given but no positive guiding principles. Instead of presenting such guiding principles twenty-three pages of illustrations of analyses are given from which the novice is presumably to discover principles. The author takes a firm stand against "credit insurance" and argues that security lies only in "conservative management." It is regrettable that he does not take a positive and aggressive stand for the "trade acceptance" and so help the propaganda of the National Association of Credit Men, the Federal Reserve Board and banks, and the leading bankers and others for the substitution of the trade acceptance for the open-book-account system. In chapter 10, he also fails to bring out the great influence which the wholesalers', retailers', and credit-men's associations have in determining and affecting the terms of sale in the trade. The work of the National Association of Credit Men is well described; in connection with it a statement as to the composition and internal organization of the association would prove helpful. The most complete chapters are those devoted to the sources and collection of credit information and to credit protection. The use of financial statements, mercantile agencies, credit clearing, and the reporting by banks, attorneys, and selling agents are given in an instructive and interesting manner. The character and qualifications of the credit man are well portrayed. The text is a well-rounded and proportioned contribution to the literature on credit extension, and bears very intimate relations to the volumes of the Modern Business Series on Salesmanship and Sales Management and Marketing Methods. 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