This canvassing outfit is unusual in still including the loose materials that originally accompanied it.

Much of this material was intended for the perusal or use of agents, to assist them in their work. Such slips as the "Certificate of Agreement" were intended to be completed and left with the subscriber.

Fig. 2: A broadside advertisement for the work (on pink paper)

Fig. 3: "The Unprecedented Success of the 'People's Companion to the Bible,'" a broadside advertisement seeking agents (on blue paper)

Fig. 4: "A Good Word for Book Agents," by William C. Wilkinson, with "The Successful Agent," a pamphlet justifying subscription publishing and giving general advise to book agents

Fig. 5: "How to Sell Books." Pamphlet giving general advise to book agents

Fig 6: "How to Make Canvassing a Success," a circular of pointers to agents

Fig. 7: "Making Work Agreeable" a circular to inspire agents

Fig. 8: An order blank, John C. Winston

Fig. 9: A form seeking prospective book agents (on yellow paper)

Fig 10: The "Agent's Weekly Report"

Fig. 11: A "Certificate of Agreement;" forms such as these were completed and left with the purchaser as a way of reminding them of their obligation

Fig. 12: "We Pay Freight and More Besides," an advertisement aimed at agents.

Fig. 13: The book itself also includes sales speech slips, often printed on pink paper and sometimes referred to as "pink slips," which provided the agent with material to use in describing the merits of each part of the particular work at hand. Typically found in canvassing outfits, but missing from this one, are the printed testimonials.