Excerpt from Nouveau Manuel Epistolaire En Francais Et En Anglais: Theorie, Pratique, Modeles Philipon de la Madeleine in his excellent Manuel Epistoldire published nearly a century ago, says a Few' persons, in the course of their lives are ever under the necessity of makinga speech, of writing an essa-'y, or composing a piece of poetry; but there are none Who do net frequently experience the necessity Of writing a letter. I The rules then of letter-writing ought to be counted among the elements of a careful education, sinc'e letter - writing is an art that cannot be neglected without s'erious inconvenience. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.