Letters and Letter-writing Charity Dye
Success in Letter-writing Sherwin Cody
How to do Business by Letter " "
Charm and Courtesy in Letter-writing Frances B. Callaway
Studies for Letters " " "
The Gentlest Art E.V.  Lucas
The Second Post " " "
The Friendly Craft F.D.  Hanscom
Life and Letters of Miss Alcott E.D.  Cheney (Ed.)
Vailima Letters R.L.  Stevenson
Letters of William Vaughn Moody Daniel Mason (Ed.)
Letters from Colonial Children Eva March Tappan
Woman as Letter-writers A.M.  Ingpen. 
The Etiquette of Correspondence Helen E. Gavit

EXERCISES IN DRAMATIC COMPOSITION

I. Write a conversation suggested by one of the following situations.  Wherever it seems desirable to do so, give, in parentheses, directions for the action, and indicate the gestures and the facial expressions of the speakers.

     1.  Tom has had trouble at school; he is questioned at home
     about the matter.

     2.  Two girls discuss a party that has taken place the night
     before.

     3.  A child and his mother are talking about Christmas.

     4.  Clayton Wells is running for the presidency of the Senior
     class in the high school; he talks with some of his
     schoolmates, and is talked about.

     5.  There has been a fire at the factory; some of the men talk
     about its origin.

     6.  A girl borrows her sister’s pearl pin and loses it.

     7.  Unexpected guests have arrived; while they are removing
     their wraps in the hall, a conversation takes place in the
     kitchen.

     8.  Anna wishes to go on a boating expedition, but her father
     and mother object.

     9.  The crops in a certain district have failed; two young
     farmers talk over the situation.

     10.  Two girls are getting dinner; their mother is away, and
     they are obliged to plan and do everything themselves.

     11.  A boy has won a prize, and two or three other boys are
     talking with him.

     12.  The prize-winning student has gone, and the other boys are
     talking about him.

     13.  The furnace fire has gone out; various members of the
     family express their annoyance, and the person who is to blame
     defends himself.

     14.  Grandfather has lost his spectacles.

     15.  Laura has seen a beautiful hat in a shop window, and talks
     with her mother about it.

     16.  Two men talk of the coming election of city officers.

     17.  A boy has been removed from the football team on account of
     his low standings; members of the team discuss the situation.