When You Write a Letter
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When You Write a Letter
Some Suggestions as to Why, When, and How It Should Be Done
By
Thomas Arkle Clark
Dean of Men and Professor of Rhetoric
University of Illinois
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
ChicagoNew YorkBoston
1922
Copyright, 1921
By Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
To my former students and all others who have not answered my letters
Everybody writes letters, but not everybody does it well. The ability to write a good letter couched in effective language and put into correct form upon appropriate stationery constitutes a tremendous business, political, and social asset. This little book does not guarantee to make you perfect in these details, but it does undertake to interest you and to offer you distinct help.
Urbana, Illinois
August 1, 1921
Contents
| Letter-writing | 1 | |
| Materials and Form | 39 | |
| The Friendly Letter | 69 | |
| Formal Notes | 95 | |
| The Business Letter | 113 | |
| Letters of Courtesy | 147 | |
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