A STAR BOOK
HOW TO WRITE
LETTERS
(Formerly the book of letters)
A Complete Guide
to Correct Business and Personal
Correspondence
BY
Mary Owens Crowther
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 thestyles of notepapers, addresses, monograms, and crests are by courtesyof the Bailey, Banks and Biddle Company, Brentano's, and The GorhamCompany. The Western Union Telegraph Company has been very helpful inthe 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...