PART FOURTH. LESSON I. TIIE PARTS OF A LETTER. A Letter is made up of five parts. (See Form on next page.) If a letter fills a page or more, it should begin about an inch and a half from the top of the page. But if it occupies only a few lines, it should begin lower down, so that the margins above and below the letter may be about equal. The first line of the heading should begin a little to the left of the middle of the page. A margin should be left on the left-hand side of each page. The width of this margin should be about one-quarter of an inch on note-paper, and about half an inch on large letter-paper. The address is usually placed at the beginning of a business letter and at the close of a familiar letter. When the address is placed at the close of a letter, the salutation should begin at the marginal line, on the first line below the heading, and the body of the letter should begin at the end of the salutation, on the first line below. WRITTEN EXERCISE. 1. Copy on note-paper the following letter-form. Leave on the left-hand side of each page a margin one-quarter of an inch wide, and arrange the different parts as they are arranged in the model given. 2. Write a letter-form similar to the one given in this lesson, using in it your own name and address, and the name and address of one of your friends. Draw dotted lines to represent the body of the letter. LESSON II. THE HEADING. The Heading of a letter shows where the letter was written and when it was written. If the letter is written from a city, the heading should contain the number of the house, the name of the street, the name of the city, and the name of the state. NOTE. Sometimes the number of the post-office box is used instead of the number of the house and the name of the street. If the letter is written from a small town, the heading should contain not only the name of the town and the name of the state, but the name of the county also. If the letter is written from a large school, from a hotel, or from any well-known institution, the name of the institution may take the place of the street and number. The heading should begin about an inch and a half from the top of the page, and a little to the left of the middle. If the heading is short, it may be written on one line. If it occupies two or three lines, the second line should begin a little farther to the right than the first, and the third line should begin a little farther to the right than the second. FORMS OF HEADING. 1. Rutland, Vermont, May 8, 1894. 2. Lenox, Berkshire Co., Mass., 3. 116 Martin St., Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 22, 1887. 4. P.O. Box 725, Denver, Col., 5. Vassar College, Dec. 18, 1889. |