BY EDWIN C. WOOLLEY

HANDBOOK OF COMPOSITION

A Compendium of Rules regarding Good
English, Grammar, Sentence Structure,
Paragraphing, Manuscript Arrangement,
Punctuation, Spelling, Essay Writing,
and Letter writing. xxi+239 pages.

THE MECHANICS OF WRITING

A Compendium of Rules regarding Manuscript Arrangement, Spelling, the Compounding of Words, Abbreviations, the Representation of Numbers, Syllabication, the Use of Capitals, the Use of Italics, Punctuation, and Paragraphing. xxxi+396 pages.

EXERCISES IN ENGLISH

A Classified Series of Exercises for Drill in the Elementary Principles of writing English. xxviii+147 pages.

A COMPENDIUM OF RULES

REGARDING

MANUSCRIPT-ARRANGEMENT, SPELLING, THE
COMPOUNDING OF WORDS, ABBREVIATIONS,
THE REPRESENTATION OF NUMBERS, SYL-
LABICATION, THE USE OF CAPITALS,
THE USE OF ITALICS, PUNCTUATION,
AND PARAGRAPHING

BY

EDWIN C WOOLLEY, PH.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS

BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO

TILDEN FOCUS OF

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18.20

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COPYRIGHT, 1909,

By D. C. HEATH & Co.

IC 8

And admonish them that they write after a fair and seemly fashion. He that no more than maketh a mark, let him not be heedless nor lubbardly therein, but rather set down the same with prudence and circumspection; seeing that the littlest jot of the pen may e'en be (as Ulpian saith) matter for weighty adjudication.

-FALCONER, Praecepta Magistrandi.