Excerpt from Successful Business-Men: Short Accounts of the Rise of Famous Firms

The aim of this work is to present in a short succinct form the story of the rise of some of the more famous firms with the names of which the public is familiar. The writers have not limited themselves to dry facts and figures, but have been desirous to give as much life and movement and reality as they could to the sketches by anecdote, incident, or the record of characteristic habit or utterance on the part of the originators, or those who were instrumental in building up the businesses, or of putting their mark upon them in their earlier stages. In nearly all cases the writers have been in communication with one or other of the principals, and though they have exercised their own discretion about selection of facts and style of treatment, most of the sketches have been submitted to those concerned, and have received a general approval.

It has been felt to be proper to say this at the outset, in order to emphasise the statement that it was no part of the Editor's intention to dwell upon the exact position of the businesses at the present moment, to publish any secrets either as to machinery or to methods, or to contrast rival businesses in any way.

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