This is a book of fiction classisc tale. These letters with much pleasure when they were appearing in serial form and made use of them—as did many other teachers—in giving advanced dictation to shorthand students. They were a welcome relief from the monotony of continuous dictation of business papers and correspondence, and at the same time they enforced many valuable lessons in such a way as to impress them vividly upon the minds of the students. The dictation of something in a lighter vein is desirable occasionally, and for this purpose there could be nothing more suitable than the letters contained in this book.