Chesterfield's art of letter-writing simplified
Subtitle: to which is appended the Complete rules of etiquette and the usages of society
Publisher: Dick & Fitzgerald
Published: 1857
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Other titles: Chesterfield's art of letter writing simplified; Art of letter-writing simplified; Complete rules of etiquette and the usages of society; Chesterfield's letter writer :
Notes: "Being a guide to friendly, affectionate, polite and business correspondence, containing a large collection of the most valuable information relative to the art of letter-writing, with clear and complete instructions how to begin and end correspondence, rules for punctuation and spelling, &c. [ ... ]; containing the most approved rules for correct deportment in fashionable life, together with hints to gentlemen and ladies on irregular and vulgar habits, also, the etiquette of love and courtship, marriage etiquette, &c."

Includes index.

Bound in hardboard, with cloth spine.

[16] p. of the of the publisher's advertisements at end; additional pages of the publisher's advertisements on p. [2-4] of cover; [4] p. of the publisher's advertisements on prelim. p.

P. 58-59 contain spurious letters attributed to Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin.