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CONTENTS

  1. BOOK I.
  2. PENMANSHIP AND PEN FLOURISHING.
  3. PAGE.
  4. Containing Rules and Directions for Plain Business Penmanship, Off-Hand Flourishing, Short-Hand Writing and Lithographic Plates, with Suggestions on Management of Writing-Classes
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    17
  5. BOOK II.
  6. RHETORIC, ORATORY AND COMPOSITION.
  7. Containing Rules for Spelling, Punctuation, Capitalization, Composition, and accompanied by Illustrations representing Ease and Grace of Position when Reading and Speaking
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    48
  8. BOOK III.
  9. DICTIONARY OF SYNONYMS.
  10. Giving Spelling, Definitions and Synonyms of over Eleven Thousand Words, whereby Writers and Speakers, by Study, may Avoid Tautology in their Language
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    63
  11. BOOK IV.
  12. LETTERS OF CORRESPONDENCE.
  13. Including Superscriptions, Letters of Business, Sympathy, Introduction, Advice, Love, Congratulation, Friendship, Recommendation, Asking Favors, Accompanying Gifts, etc.
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    79
  14. BOOK V.
  15. SOCIAL FORMS.
  16. Giving Illustrations of Cards, Inyitations, Wedding Ceremonies, Family Records, Marriage Anniversaries, Marriage Notices, Licenses, Visiting Cards, Selections for Albums, etc.
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    121
  17. BOOK VI.
  18. LAWS OF ETIQUETTE
  19. Giving Suggestions on Introductions, Calls, Visiting, Parties, Balls, Dinners, Funerals, Carriage and Horseback Riding, the Toilet, Conversation, Courtship, Marriage, etc.
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    139
  20. BOOK VII.
  21. COMMERCIAL FORMS.
  22. Presenting Forms of Notes, Checks, Drafts, Interest Tables, Book-keeping, Bills of Exchange, Deposit Tickets, Due Bills, Orders, Receipts, Bills of Purchase, etc.
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    179
  23. BOOK VIII.
  24. LEGAL BUSINESS FORMS. PAGE.
  25. Containing Forms of Agreements, Deeds, Leases, Mortgages, Wills, Bonds, Bills of Sale, Exemptions from Forced Sale, Collection of Debts, Reports of Committees, etc.
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    194
  26. BOOK IX.
  27. TABLES OF REFERENCE.
  28. Giving Population, Distances, Sizes, Dates, Tables, Measures, Capacity, Weights, Value of Coins, Names, Foreign Words, and Thousands of Important Facts
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    224
  29. BOOK X.
  30. PARLIAMENTARY RULES.
  31. Containing forms of Constitutions, Resolutions, Calls for Meetings, Petitions to Public Bodies, Suggestions Relative to Public Celebrations, and Rules for Conducting Meetings
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    246
  32. BOOK XI.
  33. WRITING FOR THE PRESS.
  34. Giving Suggestions on Correspondence, and Illustrations of Books, Types, Proof-Reading, accompanied by a List of Subjects to write about when Gathering News, etc
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    227.
  35. BOOK XII.
  36. LETTERING AND INSCRIPTIONS.
  37. Containing Alphabets, Forms, Wording, Punctuation and Arrangement of Various Kinds of Inscriptions used by Sign-Painters, Tomb-Stone Cutters and Engravers
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    280
  38. BOOK XIII.
  39. RULES OF VERSIFICATION.
  40. Including Illustrations of Rhyme, Blank Verse, Names of Different Kinds of Poetry, Rules for Making Poetic Feet, and a Vocabulary. of Rhymes
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    202
  41. BOOK XIV.
  42. SELECTIONS FROM THE POETS.
  43. Containing many of the most Beautiful Poems in the Language,—Poems that will Live in the Ages to Come, each Teaching a Moral, and’every one a Gem
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    319