A MANUAL

DEVOTED TO BRIEF DISCUSSIONS OF THE RIGHT
AND THE WRONG USE OF WORDS

AND TO SOME OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THOSE WHO
WOULD SPEAK AND WRITE WITH PROPRIETY

BY

ALFRED AYRES

Thomas E. Osman

We remain shackled by timidity till we have learned to
speak with propriety.-JOHNSON.

As a man is known by his company, so a man's company
may be known by his manner of expressing himself.-SWIFT.