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PDF(3) ______________________________________________________ | | | Elgin High School, | | Elgin, Ill. | | Sept. 4, 1905. | | | | | | Miss Ella B. Walker, | | Herkimer, New York. | | | | My dear Miss Walker: | | I am very sorry to have to trouble you, | | but I am desirous of obtaining some information | | concerning the High School Library. Will you kindly | | let me know whether the card catalogue was kept up | | to date prior to your departure and also whether the | | accession book was in use up to that time? | | I shall be greatly indebted to you if you will | | give me this information. | | Very sincerely yours, | | Edward J. Taylor. | | |
EXERCISE
Write at least three of the following suggested letters, paying attention to the rules for writing business letters:—
1. Write to a dry goods firm, asking them to
send you one of their
catalogues.
2. Write to the manager of a football team of
some town near yours,
proposing a game.
3. Write the reply.
4. In reply to an advertisement, write an application
for the position of
clerk or bookkeeper.
5. Write to the publishers of some magazine,
asking them to change your
address from 27 K Street,
Toledo, Ohio, to 2011 Prospect Avenue,
Beatrice, Nebraska.
6. Suppose yourself doing postgraduate work in
your high school. Write to
the president of some college,
asking him concerning advanced credit.
+102. Letters of Friendship.+—While a great deal of information may be obtained from some letters of friendship, the real purpose of such letters is, usually, not to give information, but to entertain. You will notice that the information derived from letters of friendship differs from that found in business letters. Its nature is such that of itself it gives pleasure. Our letters to our relatives, friends, and acquaintances are but visits on paper, and it should be our purpose to make these visits as enjoyable as possible.
