The compleat compting-house [electronic resource] : Or, The young lad taken from the writing-school, and fully instructed, by way of dialogue, in all the mysteries of a merchant, from his first understanding of plain arithmetic, to the highest pitch of trade: whereby the master is saved much labour, and the lad is led by the hand to all his work and business; which to youth is accounted troublesome, but will here seem pleasant. A work very necessary for all that are concerned in keeping accompts of what quality foever. The fifth edition, corrected and amended. By John Vernon. To this edition is added, an essay on book-keeping, in a method wholly new and concise.