This page needs to be proofread.
13
ALPHABETICAL SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
- Notes of Invitation, Etiquette of, General Suggestions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
34 - ——— to an intimate Friend................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
134 - ——— to a Lawn Soiree................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
135 - ——— to an Evening Party................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
135 - ——— to a Dinner Party................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
135 - ——— to a Halloween Party................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
135 - ——— to a Dancing Party................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
135 - ——— Answers Accepting and Declining Invitations................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
135 - ——— to Balls................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
148 - ——— for Dinner................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
153 - ——— to a Silk Wedding................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
132 - ——— to a Crystal, China, Silver and Golden Wedding................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
133 - ——— to a Wedding, Picnic, Festival, Funeral, Ball................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
136 - Neighbors, how They may be Improved.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
176 - "No," Importance of saying it Politely................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
168 - Names of Men and Women Alphebetically Arranged................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
236 - Nobility, Titles of Used in Writing.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
82
O - Officers of the Army Prominent in the Civil War................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
256 - Oceans, Seas and Bays, Their Area, Length, and Breadth................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
228 - Officers of Societies, Duties of Presiding Officer................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
259 - Orders for Goods; Forms of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
88 - Octavo (8vo); Shape of Books Called................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
275 - Old English Text................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
284 - Onometopeia in Writing and Speaking, Example of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
62 - Originality in Letter-Writing, Suggestions About................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
79 - Orders, Forms of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
192
P - Postmaster-General, Duties of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
285 - Proof Reading, Typographical Marks................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
278 - Paper Wiedding; When it Occurs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
132 - Parliamentary Rules, for the use of Public Meetings................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
259 - ——— Duties of Presiding Officer................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
259 - ——— Duties of Secretary, of Treasurer................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
260 - ——— Committies—Select, Standing, of the Whole................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
260 - ——— Reports of Committees................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
261 - ——— Duties of Members of the Meeting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
262 - ——— Who has the Right to the Floor................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
262 - ——— Speaking to the Question................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
263 - ——— Official Form of Conducting a Meeting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
263 - ——— Presenting Petitions, Calling Ayes and Nays................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
264 - ——— Previous Question, Suppression of Question................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
265 - ——— Means by Which to Secure Passage of a Question................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
265 - ——— Putting the Question, Taking up the Question................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
266 - ——— Referring to a Committee, Amendments................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
266 - ——— an Amendment to an Amendment................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
267 - ——— What Amendments are in Order................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
268 - ——— Privileged Questions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
268 - ——— Decisions as to Order; a Tie Vote................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
269 - ——— Proper Time for speaking to a Question................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
270 - ——— the Member Entitled to Speak First................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
270 - ——— Losing the Right to the Floor................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
270 - ——— Suspension of Rules, Taking a Vote................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
270 - ——— Titles of Women Who Act as Officers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
270 - Proportion in Penmanship, Principles of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
26 - Principles from which Letters are Made in Penmanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
23 - Pens Suitable to Use When Writing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
18 - Plants, How the Moon Influences their Growth................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
237 - Paper, Different Sizes for Different Purposes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
225 - Pen and Pencil Flourishing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
280 - Positions When Standing and Sitting, Graceful and Ungraceful................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
144 - ——— for Sitting and Holding Pen While Writing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
21 - Personal Property and Real Estate Exempt from Forced Sale................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
212 - Picnics, Festivals and Public Dinners, How to Conduct................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
254 - Peculiarities Suitable Among Each Other of Those Who Marry................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
159 - Power of Attorney, Forms of................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
221 - Pass Book Used in Banking, Form of.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
186 - Penmanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
17 - ——— Intorductory Remarks................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
17 - Penmanship, System of,—Copies,—Principles,—Pens................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
18 - ——— Paper,—Ink,—How to Practice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
19 - ——— Position While Writing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
20 - ——— Position for Sitting and Holding the Pen................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
21 - ——— Legibility,—Elements of Small Letters................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
22 - ——— Principles of Capital Letters,—Capital Letters................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
23 - ——— Correct Positions for Holding Pen While Writing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
24 - ——— Incorrect Positions for Pen While Writing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
25 - ——— Nature's Rules,—Curved Lines,—Proportion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
26 - ——— Contrast,—Position of Hand in Flourishing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
27 - ——— Correct Position for Standing While Writing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
28 - ——— Correct and Incorrect Positions for Sitting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
29 - ——— Small Letters Contrasted, Showing Probable Faults................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
30 - ——— Description of the Plates................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
32 - ——— Lithographic Copies of Alphabets, Figures, Words and Sentences................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
32 - ——— Blackboard Flourishing,—Teaching Penmanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
33 - ——— How to Organize the Writing Class................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
34 - ——— Lithographic Copies Representing Ladies' Penmanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
34 - ——— Business Penmanship, Showing Letter of Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
35 - ——— How to Arrange Copies,—Commencement of the Writing School................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
35 - ——— Programme of Exercises for Each Lesson................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
36 - ——— Lithographic Copies Comprising Off-hand Capitals, Round-hand and Flourishing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
36 - ——— Lithographic Copies Representing Pen-pictures of Birds, etc.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
38 - ——— Suggestions to Teachers................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
39 - ——— Reasons Why we Should Write Well................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40 - ——— Blackboard Flourishing,—Chalk and Pencil Drawing................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
40 - ——— Copies for Writing School................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
41 - ——— Copies of Ladies' Epistolary Penmanship................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
43 - Partnership, Form of Partnership Agreement................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
205 - Petitions to Public Bodies, Suggestions and Directions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
252 - ——— for Opening a Street................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
252 - ——— Remonstrating Against a Nuisance................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
252 - ——— Asking for a Policeman................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
252 - ——— from Farmers to the State Legislature................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
253 - ——— to the Governor, Asking for a Pardon................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
253 - Poetry: What is Poetry:—The Old Church................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
302 - ——— Versification,—Illustration of Blank Verse................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
303 - ——— Kinds of Poetic Feet,—Meter,—Iambic Verse................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
304. - ——— Meter, Long, Short and Common,—Trochaic and Anapestic Verse................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
305 - ——— Dactylie Vierse;—Poeticall Pauses................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
306 - ——— Names of the Different Kinds of Poems................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
307 - ——— Epigrams, Sonnents, Cantatas, Chardes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
308 - ——— Canzonets. Epitaths, Satires, Parodies, Acrostics................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
308 - ——— Prologues, Epilogues, Impromptus................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
308 - Poems: Selections trom the Poets................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
319 - ——— The Covered Bridge................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
96 - ——— Mismated................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
158 - ——— Some Mother's Child................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
178 - ——— You had a Smooth Path Millie C. Pomeroy.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
178 - ——— The Future Life Wm. C. Bryant.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
276 - ——— Autumn................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
308 - ——— Black Eyes and Blue................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
308 - ——— Eternal Justice Charles Mackay................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
319 - ——— Hereafter................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
320 - ——— The Planting of the Apple-Tree Wm. C. Bryant.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
320 - ——— Cleon and I Charles Mackay.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
321 - ——— Hannah Jane Petroleum V. Nasby.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
321 - ——— The Motherless Turkeys Marian Douglas.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
323 - ——— Betsey and I Are Out Will M. Carleton.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
324 - ——— How Betsey and I Made Up Will M. Carleton.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
325 - ——— Wieghing the Baby Ethel Lynn.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
326 - ——— The Old Oaken Bucket Samuel Woodworth.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
326 - ——— On the Other Sides................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
326 - ——— Maud Muller John G. Whittier.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
327 - ——— Rock Me to Sleep, Mother Florence Percy.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
328 - ——— Katie Mee and Willie Gray................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
328
