HOW TO WRITE
LETTERS

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(Formerly the book of letters)


A Complete Guide
to Correct Business and Personal
Correspondence


BY

Mary Owens Crowther

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GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.
NEW YORK

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COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The forms for engraved invitations, announcements, and the like, and the styles of notepapers, addresses, monograms, and crests are by courtesy of the Bailey, Banks and Biddle Company, Brentano's, and The Gorham Company. The Western Union Telegraph Company has been very helpful in the chapter on telegrams.

CONTENTS

• Page

CHAPTER I

• WHAT IS A LETTER? 1
  

CHAPTER II

• THE PURPOSE OF THE LETTER 6
  

CHAPTER III

THE PARTS OF A LETTER

• 1. The Heading 10
  

• 2. The Inside Address 12
  

• 3. The Salutation 16
  

• 4. The Body of the Letter 22
  

• 5. The Complimentary Close 26
  

• 6. The Signature 29
  

• 7. The Superscription 33
  

CHAPTER IV

BEING APPROPRIATE—WHAT TO AVOID

• Common Offenses 36
  

• Stock Phrases in Business Letters 38
  

CHAPTER V

PERSONAL LETTERS—SOCIAL AND FRIENDLY

• Invitations and Acknowledgments 44
  

• The Letter of Condolence 91
  

• Letters of Sympathy in Case of Illness 95
  

• Letters of Congratulation 101
  

• Letters of Introduction 107
  

• Letters of Thanks 110
  

• Letters Between Friends 118
  

CHAPTER VI

• PERSONAL BUSINESS LETTERS 124
  

CHAPTER VII

• THE BUSINESS LETTER 135
  

• Sales and Announcement Letters 146
  

• Keeping the Customer 160
  

• Selling Real Estate 163
  

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