How to Write Good Letters [antikvár]

INTRODUCTION This little book is intended for people who find letter-writing difficult, especially in connection with business, professional, public or charitable work. It is based upon a series of lectures given by the author in London to Higli School and University students training for business. Ability to handlé correspondence well oíten opens the door to promotion, and it is worth while for secretaries, shorthand typists, clerks and executives alike to study the principles that make for success. More practical and up-to-date instruction is badly needed in letter-writing, and it is hoped that teachers will find in this book ideas and material upon which to base lessons in this branch of English com-position. Every 1 etter has its problems: every writer has his own individuality: every business, soeiety or club has its own preferred style. Therefore simple, fundamental principles underlying large classes of correspondence are needed for a guide rather than hard and fast rules and regulations and set forms for dealing with any detailed subject-matter. For the sake of clearness, however, the principles outlined in the book are illustrated by a few examples taken from or based upon actual correspondence or the draft letters sub-mitted by students. Special attention is given to difficulties which most commonly beset the inexperi-enced, whether in writing or dictating letters, and ő