CONTENTS.
COMPOSITION.—The secret of a good letter; directions to a novice; the rules of composition, etc.
GENERAL ADVICE TO LETTER-WRITERS.
LETTERS OF BUSINESS.
LETTERS OF PLEASURE AND FRIENDSHIP.
LETTERS OF LOVE.—Hints and suggestions; a declaration; answer; a briefer declaration of attachment; answer; real love-letters of eminent personages, etc.
LETTERS OF DUTY, OF TRUST, Etc.—What they are and how to write them; forms, etc.; advice from a lady to her friend; a complaint at silence; communicating distressing news: to parents, informing of their son, etc.
LETTER OF RELATIONSHIP.—Family correspondence; its sacred character and properties; examples of real letters, etc.
LETTERS OF VARIOUS OCCASIONS.—A certificate of character; another, for a maid; another, for a clerk; application for a school-teacher’s place; soliciting a vote; declining a nomination; a girl applying for a place, another; application for a governess’ situation, etc.
WRITING FOR THE PRESS.
IMPROPRIETIES OF EXPRESSION.
PHRASES, MOTTOES, IDIOMS, Etc.