Note.—In social correspondence, the envelopes and paper should be white and plain. Always use black ink.

EXERCISE.

1. Write a social letter to a friend, describing a holiday that you have had.

2. You are clerking for a bookseller. Write a letter to a publisher, ordering a stock of books.

3. Write an invitation to a friend to attend your birthday party.

4. You have been absent from school for some days. Write your teacher a note of explanation.


LESSON LXXIII.

NARRATION.