Project Gutenberg 2011-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 268 Carroll, Lewis 1832 1898 Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing 8 or 9 Wise Words about Letter-Writing Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing" by Lewis Carroll is a practical guide on the art of writing letters, published in the late 19th century. The book is an instruction manual focused on letter composition, covering everything from starting and organizing a letter to concluding it effectively. Carroll employs his signature wit and whimsical style to impart advice, making his insights both entertaining and educational. In this brief yet insightful book, Carroll breaks down the components of letter-writing into clear sections. He provides tips on beginning letters with proper greetings, maintaining legible handwriting, and the importance of addressing people's names correctly. He humorously advises readers not to overapologize for delays and suggests using quotes from previous correspondence for clarity. Additionally, Carroll offers etiquette on closing letters, emphasizing how to match the tone of the ending with that of previous exchanges. His humorous anecdotes and clever rules present letter-writing as not just a task but an enjoyable form of communication, encouraging readers to cultivate their correspondence skills. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Letter writing PR Text Browsing: How To... Browsing: Language & Communication Browsing: Literature 68521 68532 2024-09-16T06:33:05.369637 2023-09-16T12:45:48.361008 text/html text/html 66012 2021-01-08T07:40:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 211671 2021-01-08T07:40:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 267426 2024-09-16T06:33:09.868626 application/epub+zip 266297 2024-09-16T06:33:07.028626 application/epub+zip 82657 2024-09-16T06:33:06.090647 application/epub+zip 399906 2024-09-16T06:33:11.927619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 385790 2024-09-16T06:33:09.202644 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203208 2022-09-17T11:43:43.070975 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53074 52881 2024-09-16T06:33:04.967653 2023-09-16T12:45:48.005026 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 52924 2021-01-08T07:40:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 20189 2021-01-08T07:40:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 52935 2021-01-08T07:40:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20163 2021-01-08T07:40:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20329 2024-09-16T06:33:12.067601 application/rdf+xml 15892 2024-09-16T06:33:06.446643 image/jpeg 3577 2024-09-16T06:33:06.265659 image/jpeg 288331 2024-09-16T06:33:05.388663 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia