priate forms.)

8. Write to the postmaster in your city or town sending books through the mail. Before writing, d you mean to ask. (Compare Forms 13 and 18, 21,

9. Write the answer that, as an officer of th sends you. (Select parts of Forms 8, 9, 17.)

10. Write to a friend asking to borrow a certai ing to send in return one which you name. Tell one, and why you recommend the other.

11. Write his reply. He explains when you c and why not at once. (Try Form 12.)

12. Write to the chairman of the School Comm to be present at exercises to be held in your schoo birthday. State the time, and tell what is to be expe 21, 26.)

13. Monroe & Henry are expressmen doing busi St. Write them to call for your trunk in time f vhich you wish to take at the nearest railroad lefinite.1

14. Alice Harrison Doe invites her cousin, Ma he holidays with her, and tells some of her plans nd the week following. Alice lives at the Armin elphia, and her cousin at 213 Murray Ave., Harri revious visit. (Use Forms 15, 12.)

15. Miss Mary's mother is ill, and she is unable e reply in which she tells what she is busy about. 16. Having broken a neighbor's window while ite an apology, and tell what arrangements you iring the damage, if the gentleman does not objec 11.)

17. Write to the publishers of this book, asking to have a copy of it sent to some person who lives in a neighboring town, and who has asked you to buy a copy for him. Write as if you were to enclose payment. (Use Forms 15, 21.)

18. Suppose you have trouble with your eyes or head, and wish to drop one of your studies for a time. Write to some member of the School Board or to the Superintendent, making the request, giving your reasons, and referring to a physician. (Use Forms 21, 27.)

19. Samuel Underhill, who lives in Park Square, Troy, N.Y., encloses two dollars to D. Lothrop & Co., Publishers of Wide Awake, Boston, Mass., as the subscription price of that magazine for a year. Write his letter.

20. Write to Wm. Constable & Co., asking that some samples of dress goods be sent to your mother's address. Give them some idea of the kind wanted. They do business in Broadway, New York City.1

21. Mrs. Betsey Trotwood, who lives in Syracuse, N.Y., at 95 Herkimer St., has received a tub of butter from Ralph Lane, a farmer living in Jamesville, N.Y. It was sent with the understanding that it might be exchanged. It is not satisfactory, and Mrs. T. writes accordingly. Reproduce her letter. (Use Form 19.)

22. Write to D. Appleton & Co., New York, asking them to send you by express, C.O.D., four books, or sets of books, which you are to Give them an idea of the style of binding you prefer.

name.

23. Write to some clergyman whom you know, asking him for a letter of introduction and recommendation to a gentleman of whom you expect to seek employment in another city.

24. Thomas Bond, Secretary of the "Alert" Base Ball Club, Clinton, writes a challenge, addressed to Frank Merriman, Secretary of the "Stars" of Fairview, for a series of three match games, beginning next Saturday afternoon.

Merriman replies, accepting the challenge, and proposing a time and place for a meeting to arrange details. Write both letters. (See Forms 21 and 9.)

1 May be written in the third person, without the writer's name.

25. Dr. Thomas F. Snow lives in Revere St., Boston, at number 96. He wishes to purchase a residence in one of the suburbs, costing not over $5,000. He writes to Geo. H. Chapin & Co., Real Estate Agents, Herald Building, Boston, telling them what he wants, and asking them to communicate with him. Write his letter. (Use Forms 13, 21, 11.)

26. They reply to Mr. Snow, describing two places they have for sale, —one in Arlington, and the other in Melrose. They give him an idea of the size of each house, of the location, price, terms of payment, etc., and invite him to call and see them. Write their letter. (Use Forms 7, 14, 20.)

27. FOR SALE. A farm of thirty-five acres, all under cultivation. Price reasonable, and terms easy. For full particulars, address LEMUEL MASON, Sharon, Mass.

Edward Poorman answers this advertisement. His address is P.O. Box 315, Providence, R.I. Write his letter.

28. Mr. Mason replies, giving a full description of the farm, stating price, reasons for selling, and other facts which a purchaser might wish to know. Write his letter.

29. Write to your grocer to send you 66 on account a definite quantity of four kinds of groceries. You may complain of the quality of the last oil he sent you, and explain how it burns. You will try a different brand.

30. TO LET. A small house, in a pleasant, retired situation. For particulars, address Jos. B. ARNOLD, P.O. Box 1492, Chicago, Ill.

Dr. Allan Downs, who lives at 396 Madison St. in the same city, answers this advertisement, asking information. Write his letter.

31. Mr. Arnold replies, describing the house and giving its location, price of rent, etc. Write his letter.

32. As clerk for Bond Brothers, dealers in hay and grain, 94 Portland St., Lowell, Mass., write to the Freight Agent of the B. & M. R.R., Portland, Me., inquiring about the delay in the shipment of three carloads of hay consigned to your firm on a certain date.

33. WANTED. A boy in a hardware store to learn the business. Must be honest, willing to work, and ready to give up the use of

tobacco if desired. Address, stating age, residence, qualifications, and references, FRANK PURINGTON & Co., 294 Hudson St., Albany, N.Y. Guy Wheeler, who lives in Cohoes, N.Y., answers this advertisement. Write his letter.

34. Write to a classmate, telling what magazine you see each month, and what there is in it that especially interests you.

35. Write to your mother, telling, in a merry, sprightly way, how you pass your time in school on days you like the best.

36. Write to your sister, telling her about a day when everything went wrong with you, and whether it was your own fault or not.

37. Write to a schoolmate, telling what your plans are for your future life after leaving school.

EXERCISE 21.

IMAGINATIVE LETTERS.

In writing the following, the heading and the address may be omitted.

1. Two books have long stood side by side in a store. One of them is at last sold, and writes a letter to the other. Imagine how a book would feel to be bought by a boy, or a beautiful young lady, or an old gentleman with a large library, and what experiences it might have to tell.

2. Write what the book that was left might reply about missing its companion, about those that have visited the store, and about its prospects of being sold.

3. A doll that has been neglected for a new and prettier one writes a letter to its little mistress.

- 4. A little bird that has been left in charge of a friend while its mistress is absent, writes to its mistress a letter.

5. Write the message of an overworked stage-horse to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

6. What would a robin say to the boy who killed its mate and robbed its nest?

CHAPTER VI.

NARRATIVE-WRITING.

I. NARRATIVES OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

74. An orderly and connected account of what has sometime taken place may be called a Narrative.

EXERCISE 22.

Narrate your experience with some pet animal, - a dog, a cat, a horse, a bird, or rabbits, etc. Observe this order, and make a connected whole:

1. What pet; kind or breed, name. 2. Size, color, age, value. 3. How and when obtained. 4. When or where kept. 5. Food; what, how often, by whom. 6. Habits, day and night. 7. Friends and enemies, or likes and dislikes. 8. Intelligence; tricks, anecdotes. 9. What became of it, how much affection you have for it, or why it was worth petting.

EXERCISE 23.

Observe carefully the events of a day or half-day in your school, making notes of what happens if need be. Next day narrate these events in the form of a letter to your uncle or aunt, following the order in which they occurred.

Say most about what is most important, but omit nothing that is needed to make the account complete. Try to make it clear and interesting.

Mail this letter if your teacher approves and thinks it is well enough written.

75. Directions. In writing a narrative of any kind,1. Do not begin a sentence until you have thought it through and know just how it is to end.