Synopsis
Hints On Letter-Writing. This comprehensive manual offers practical guidance on composing letters for a variety of occasions—business, courtesy, friendship, and love—along with rules of etiquette, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and layout. It opens with a Preface and Introduction, then presents general maxims and sections on Letters of Business, Letters of Courtesy, Letters of Friendship, Letters of Love, and Forms of Address. The book intermixes theoretical advice with abundant model letters drawn from historical figures such as Napoleon, Horace Walpole, and Alexander Pope, illustrating how tone and style shift across contexts. It also includes notes on condolence, marriage proposals, and the proper manner to address nobility, clergy, diplomats, and officials. The aim is to cultivate a natural, elegant, and practical writing style—clear and direct in business correspondence, graceful and refined in polite letters, and affectionate yet sincere in personal exchanges. Originally published in 1841, this edition was reprinted in 2019.
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