Frank Howard.
Any extravagant flattery should be avoided, both as tending to disgust those to whom it is addressed, as well as to degrade the writers, and to create suspicion as to their sincerity. The sentiments should spring from the tenderness of the heart, and, when faithfully and delicately expressed, will never be read without exciting sympathy or emotion in all hearts not absolutely deadened by insensibility.
FORMS OF LOVE LETTERS.
12.—An Ardent Declaration..
Naperville, Ill., June 10th, 1894.
My Dearest Laura: