The New Century Standard Letter-Writer / Business, Family and Social Correspondence, Love-Letters, Etiquette, Synonyms, Legal Forms, Etc.

When about to put your words in ink, 'Twill do no harm to stop and think.
THE NEW CENTURY STANDARD LETTER-WRITER
Business, Family and Social Correspondence Love-Letters, Etiquette, Synonyms Legal Forms, Etc.
How to Address the President, Members of the Cabinet and other High Officials
BY Alfred B. Chambers, PH. D. Author of The 20th Century Handy Cyclopedia Britannica.
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CHICAGO LAIRD & LEE, PUBLISHERS
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1900, by WILLIAM H. LEE, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
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THE NEW CENTURY STANDARD LETTER WRITER
Considering the vast amount of business transacted by correspondence between the parties interested, Letter-Writing seems only second in importance to bookkeeping. Merchants and others living at a distance from the wholesale centers, usually order and remit by letter. It may be that an error has occurred and needs correction. Credit is to be asked, references given, and a multitude of other matters call for adjustment through correspondence. To write every conceivable variety and shade of meaning, expressing the proper thought in the most fitting and appropriate language, is indeed a rare and valuable accomplishment. And when the proper language takes on the graceful and businesslike air of the well-written letter, with its several parts harmoniously arranged, it is a combination of brain and skill which can hardly be overestimated.
This subject, therefore, naturally divides itself into two parts: The Mechanical Structure , and the Literature of a Letter . The former, being the less difficult, will be first considered.