BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE.
Closely written postal cards and long letters meet with little favor among business men; therefore it is important to make business correspondence as plain and brief as possible.
Names of places and persons should be written very plainly.
When a letter is written in reply to another, the date of the letter to which the reply is made should be given, and it is an excellent plan, and one that saves much time, to give in a letter the substance of the one to which it is a reply. This is especially desirable when accepting a special offer made in such letter, thus:
Mr. A. Flanagan,
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Sir:
Your favor of Feb. 15, in which you offer us a discount of 33-1/3 per cent. on your books, when purchased in lots of 100 or more, came duly. We herewith enclose our check for three hundred dollars ($300.), for which please ship us, by freight the following:
| 100 | copies of | “Words; Their Use and Abuse.” |
| 100 | “ | “Getting on in the World.” |
| 100 | “ | “Hours with Men and Books.” |
Respectfully,
Geo. W. Jones & Co.
Griggsville, Ill.
Enclosed is a post-office order for $3, for which please send me Harper’s New Monthly Magazine for one year, beginning with the May number.