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How to Write Letters

How to Write Letters

by Mary Owens Crowther

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About this eBook

Author
Crowther, Mary Owens, 1882-1972
Title
How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence
Credits
Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Jacqueline Jeremy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PE: Language and Literatures: English
Subject
Letter writing
Category
Text
eBook-No.
22222
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22222
Release Date
August 2, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HOW TO WRITE LETTERS
  2. 2.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  3. 3.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTER X — CHAPTER XI — CHAPTER XII — CHAPTER XIII
  4. 4.LIST OF TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. 5.HOW TO WRITE LETTERS
  6. 6.WHAT IS A LETTER?
  7. 7.THE PURPOSE OF THE LETTER
  8. 8.THE PARTS OF A LETTER — 1. The Heading — 2. The Inside Address — 3. The Salutation — 4. The Body of the Letter — 5. The Complimentary Close — 6. The Signature — 7. The Superscription
  9. 9.BEING APPROPRIATE—WHAT TO AVOID — Commom Offenses — Stock Phrases in Business Letters
  10. 10.PERSONAL LETTERS—SOCIAL AND FRIENDLY — Invitations and Acknowledgments — FORMAL INVITATIONS — INFORMAL INVITATIONS — The Letter of Condolence — Letters of Sympathy in Case of Illness — Letters of Congratulation — Letters of Introduction — Letter of Thanks — Letters between Friends
  11. 11.PERSONAL BUSINESS LETTERS
  12. 12.THE BUSINESS LETTER — Sales and Announcement Letters — Keeping the Customer — Selling Real Estate — Bank Letters — Letters of Order and Acknowledgment — Letters of Complaint and Adjustment — Credit and Collection Letters — Letters to References Given by the Applicant — Letters of Application — Letters of Reference — Letters of Introduction — Letters of Inquiry
  13. 13.THE USE OF FORM PARAGRAPHS
  14. 14.CHILDREN'S LETTERS
  15. 15.TELEGRAMS — Occasional Telegrams
  16. 16.THE LAW OF LETTERS—CONTRACT LETTERS
  17. 17.THE COST OF A LETTER
  18. 18.STATIONERY, CRESTS AND MONOGRAMS — Social Correspondence — Business Stationery — THE END

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