Importance of correct punctuation — punctuation marks and accents — the comma — the semicolon — the colon — the period — the dash — the exclamation — the interrogation — quotation-marks — parentheses — brackets — the apostrophe — the hyphen

Of religious terms — of proper names — of titles — of institutional terms — of references — of ordinals — in general — use of small capitals

Importance of adopting an authority — basic rules for numbers and diphthongs — simple rules of orthography — accented words — participles — variable endings — list of variable spellings

General theory — changes in modern uses — rules and examples

Rules and examples

Various forms used in display — en échelon — irregular — hanging — reverse — lozenge — blocked — definition of the paragraph — its value — kinds of paragraphs — length of paragraph

General principles — kerned letters — examples of varying spaces

Its origin — its uses — when required and when not

Of dates — of proper names — of titles — commercial — of given names — geographical — miscellaneous — scriptural — monetary signs — mathematical signs — medical signs

History of their evolution — lists

Dr. Campbell’s canons — good usage — list of words and phrases commonly misused

Its importance — business, informal, formal — the heading — the address — the salutation — the text — the complimentary close — the signature — the envelope — postal cards — in general — examples

Classes of mail — parcel post — wrapping of mail matter — forwarding mail matter — what cannot be mailed — concealed matter — domestic rates — foreign rates — exceptions — foreign parcels post — money order fees — registered mail — special delivery system — postal distances and time from New York City

Standard time — values of foreign coins — comparative thermometers — weights and measures — British weights and measures