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The art of writing & speaking the English language

Chapter 1: Sherwin Cody’s Works
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The book provides practical guidance for everyday readers on how to choose and study literature so reading yields both pleasure and practical benefit. It sets out criteria for judging poems, essays, short stories, and novels, contrasts major modes such as romantic and realistic fiction, and offers methods for approaching poetry and Shakespeare. The text includes curated recommendations and advice on skimming, close reading, and assembling a compact personal library, encouraging selection of the most inspiring and accessible passages rather than attempting to read every work in full.

Sherwin Cody’s Works

THE ART OF WRITING AND SPEAKING THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE

  • Vol. I.—Word-Study.
  • Vol. II.—Grammar and Punctuation.
  • Vol. III.—Composition and Rhetoric.
  • Vol. IV.—Constructive Rhetoric: Part I. Literary
  • Journalism; Part II. Short Story Writing; Part III.
  • Creative Composition.
  • Four volumes in a box, $2; single volumes, 75c.
  • STORY-WRITING AND JOURNALISM (same as
  • Constructive Rhetoric).
  • DICTIONARY OF ERRORS (Grammar, Letter Writing,
  • Words Mispronounced, Words Misspelled,
  • Words Misused). Uniform with above. Price, 75c.
  • GOOD ENGLISH FORM BOOK IN BUSINESS LETTER
  • WRITING, with Exercises consisting of facsimile
  • letters in two colors. 12mo, cloth. Price, $1.
  • HOW TO READ AND WHAT TO READ (Vol. I.
  • of the Nutshell Library). Price, 75c.
  • THE TOUCHSTONE: Monthly humorous magazine,
  • edited by Sherwin Cody. Price, 20c. a year.

  • COMPLETE TRAINING COURSE IN BUSINESS
  • CORRESPONDENCE: 48 special lessons on How
  • to Write Letters that Pull (the Cody System).
  • COMPLETE TRAINING COURSE IN WRITING
  • FOR PUBLICATION: Analytic lecture, 20 letters
  • on Human Nature and Making Money by the Pen, etc.
  • COMPLETE TRAINING COURSE IN CORRECT
  • ENGLISH, based on Mr. Cody’s books, with special
  • Quiz drills on Word-Study, Grammar, Letter Writing
  • for Beginners, and Composition and Rhetoric.

NOTE.The chapter on Business Letter Writing, which was formerly Part I. of Constructive Rhetoric, is no longer contained in Mr. Cody’s books, but is printed in pamphlet form, and will be sent free on request to owners of sets. Drop a postal card to School of English, Opera House Building, Chicago.

THE ART of
WRITING & SPEAKING
The ENGLISH
LANGUAGE

SHERWIN CODY

HOW TO READ
AND
WHAT TO READ

Literary Digest Edition

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