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LETTERS ASKING FAVORS.
General Directions,-Letter Requesting the Loan of a
Book,-Reply Granting the Favor,-Requesting
the Loan of Money,-Answer Refusing the Re-
quest,- Requesting a Letter of Introduction,-
Reply Granting the Request,--Requesting the Loan
of an Opera-Glass,-Answer Refusing the Request,
-Requesting the Loan of a Pistol,-Reply Grant-
ing the Request,  .     .      .      .
LETTERS ACCOMPANYING GIFT'S.
General Directions -Letter Accompanying a Be-
trothal Gift of a Ring,-Reply to the Foregoing,-
Letter Accompanying Photographs,      -     -
Answer to the Foregoing,-Accompanying a Book
Sent by the Author,-Answer to the Foregoing,-
Accompanying a Bouquet of Flowers to a Lady,-
Answer to the Foregoing,-Accompanying a Birth-
day Gift,-Answer to the Foregoing,-Accompany-
ing a Donation to a Clergyman,-Answer to the
Foregoing,-Accompanying a Gift to a Superin-
tendent upon Retirement,-Answer to the Fore-
going,
LETTERS OF FRIENDSHIP AND RELATIONSHIP.

General Directions,
Letter from a Husband, Absent on Business, to his
Wife,-From a Young Lady to a Schoolmate just
Married,-From a Young Giri, at Boarding-School,
to her Mother,
Answer of the Mother,-From an Absent Wife to
her Husband,-Answer to the Foregoing-From a
Servant in the City, to her Parents in the Country,
-The Mother's Reply,-Letter from a Father Re-
monstrating with his Son,     -      -      -
The Son's Reply,-From a Married Man to a Friend
about to Marry,-From a Young Man Who Has
Recently Entered College, - Descriptive Letter
From a Young Man at the "Old Home," to his
Parents in the West,
Descriptive Letter from a Young Lady Visiting Chi-
cago, to her Parents in the East,  -  -    -
LETTERS OF LOVE AND COURTSHIP.
General Directions.-Importance of Care,-Necessity
of Caution,-At What Age to Write Love-Letters,
-Approval of Parents,-Times for Courtship,-
Honesty,   -     -      -     -      -     -
Marrying for a Home,-Intemperate Men,-Marry-
ing Wealth,-Poverty,-Confidence and Honor, -
How to Begin the Love-Correspondence, -Letter of a
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Reply,-A Lover's Good-Bye Before Starting on a
Journey,-Reply to the Foregoing,-Letter Asking
an Introduction Through a Mutual Friend,-Reply,
-Letter of Introduction,-To the Father of the
Lady,     -      -      -     -      -
Favorable Reply, -Unfavorable Reply,-Reply Dis-
carding a Young Man that Uses Tobacco,-Letter
to an Entire Stranger,-Unfavorable Reply,  -
Reply More Favorable,-A Personal Advertisement
in a Morning Paper,-Remarks, with Advice Con-
cerning Answers to "Personals,"-The Reply,  -
Personal Advertisement,- A Gentlexian Makes a
Frank Acknowledgment, Gushing with Sentiment,
and Running Over with Poetry,  -     -
Favorable Reply,--From a Gentleman Confessing
Change' of Sentiment, - Reply to a Young Man
Addicted to Intemperance,     -      -      -
One Way of Breaking the Ice,-An Offer of Marriage,
-Favorable Reply,-Letter from a Young Man,
Who Proposes Marriage and Emigration,-Reply,
WEDDINO CARDS AND INVITATIONS.
General Directions,-Wedding Cards, -Specimens of
Cards,     -     -      -      .    ..      .
Invitations to the Wedding,-General Directions,-
Form of Note of Invitation, with Monogram,  -
"At Home" Cards after the Bridal Tour,-Card of
invitation to the Wedding at the Bride's Residence,
-Form of Invitation to the Marriage Ceremony in
Church,-Note of Invitation and an "At Home"
Card Combined,   -      .      .     .      .
Illustration of Wedding Cards, with Tie in the Cen-
ter,-Illustration of Cards Fastened Together with
a Ribbon at the Top,-Note of Invitation to the
Marriage Reception,-Note of Invitation to the
Reception at the Residence of the Parents of the
Bride, the Marriage Ceremony Having Been Pre-
viously Performed at Church.  -      -     -

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INAMMIAUR

General Directioi
papers,-Exam