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THE
CENTURY HANDBOOK OF
WRITING

BY
GARLAND GREEVER
AND
EASLEY S. JONES

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1927

Copyright, 1918, by
The Century Co.

PRINTED IN U. S. A.

PREFACE