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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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If
you
are
in
doubt
about
the
correct
spelling
of
a
word,
do
not
trust
to
chance,
hoping
it
may
be
right,
but
get
a
dictionary,
and
be
certain
that
you
have
spelt
it
as
it
ought
to
be.
Simplicity
is
a
great
charm
in
letter-writing.
What
you
send
in
a
letter,
is,
as
a
general
rule,
intended
for
the
perusal
of
one
person
only.
Therefore
to
cumber
your
epistles
with
quotations,
similes,
flowery
language,
and
a
stilted,
pedantic
style,
is
in
bad
taste.
You
may
use
elegant
language,
yet
use
it
easily.
If
you
use
a
quotation,
let
it
come
into
its
place
naturally,
as
if
flowing
in
perfect
harmony
with
your
ideas,
and
let
it
be
short.
Long
quotations
in
a
letter
are
tiresome.
Make
no
attempt
at
display
in
a
correspondence.
You
will
err
as
much
in
such
an
attempt,
as
if,
when
seated
face
to
face
with
your
correspondent,
alone
in
your
own
apartment,
you
were
to
rise
and
converse
with
the
gestures
and
language
of
a
minister
in
his
pulpit,
or
a
lecturer
upon
his
platform.
As
everything,
in
style,
depends
upon
the
subject
of
the
letter,
and
the
person
to
whom
it
is
addressed,
some
words
follow,
relating
to
some
of
the
various
kinds
of
correspondence:
BUSINESS
LETTERS
should
be
as
brief
as
is
consistent
with
the
subject;
clear,
and
to
the
point.
Say
all
that
is
necessary,
in
plain,
distinct
language,
and
say
no
more.
State,
in
forcible
words,
every
point
that
it
is
desirable
for
your
correspondent
to
be
made
acquainted
with,
that
your
designs
and
prospects
upon
the
subject
may
be
perfectly
well
understood.
Write,
in
such
a
letter,
of
nothing
but
the
business
in
hand;
other
matters
will
be
out
of
place
there.
Nowhere
is
a
confused
style,
or
illegible
writing,
more
unpardonable
than
in
a
business
letter;
nowhere
a
good
style
and
hand
more
important.
Avoid
flowery
language,
too
many
words,
all
pathos
or
wit,
any
display
of
talent
or
learning,
and
every
merely
personal
matter,
in
a
business
letter.
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