g how to tie a four-in-hand necktie.

4. Stating your reasons for liking or not liking some book or play.

5. Describing the personal appearance of some one of your acquaintance.

6. To prove that the world is round.

7. To prove that it pays to buy good shoes. (Develop by illustration.)

8. Showing by comparison that there are more advantages in city
life than in country life.

Write paragraphs on the following subjects:

9. My Earliest Recollection.

10. The Sort of Books I Like Best.

11. Why I Like to Study X Branch.

12. My Opinion of My Relatives.

13. The Man I Room With.

14. Why I Was Late to Class.

15. What I Do on Sundays.

16. How to Prevent Taking Cold.

17. How to Cure a Cold.

18. My Best Teacher.

19. My Favorite Town.

20. Why I Go Fishing.

21. My Favorite Month.

22. What Becomes of My Matches.

23. Baseball is a Better Game than Football.

24. The View from X Building.

25. Why I Go to School.

26. My Opinion of Rainy Days.

27. My Most Useful Friend.

28. Why I Dislike Surprise Parties.

29. Why I Like to Visit at X's.

30. The Police Service of X Town.

CHAPTER X

LETTER-WRITING

NOTE TO TEACHER.--For the purpose of training in composition, in
the more elementary work, letter-writing affords probably the most
feasible and successful means. Letter-writing does not demand any
gathering of material, gains much interest, and affords much latitude
for individual tastes in topics and expression. Besides, letter-writing
is the field in which almost all written composition will be done
after leaving school; and so all training in school will be thoroughly
useful. For this reason, it is suggested that letter-writing be
made one of the chief fields for composition work.

In Exercise 75, are given a number of suggestions for letter-writing.
Others will readily occur to the teacher.

THE HEADING

152. POSITION OF HEADING. In all business letters the writer's
address and the date of writing should precede the letter and be
placed at the upper right hand side of the sheet not less than an
inch from the top. This address and date is called the HEADING.
In friendly letters the parts of the heading are sometimes placed
at the end of the letter on the left side a short distance below
the body of the letter. This is permissible, but to place it at
the beginning in all letters is more logical and customary. Never
write part of the heading at the beginni