Précis writing for beginners
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1. Front matter2. FOREWORD3. EXERCISES4. PRÉCIS WRITING5. No. 1.—Exercises in “Reported Speech”6. Notes7. No. 2.—George Oakes8. Notes9. No. 3.—The Cobra10. Notes11. No. 4.—The Two Lieutenants12. Notes13. No. 5.—The Black Republic14. Notes15. No. 6.—The Professor and the Monkeys16. No. 7.—The Island17. Notes18. No. 8.—A Seventeenth-Century Witch Trial19. Notes20. No. 9.—The Miser21. Notes22. No. 10.—The Boy Scouts23. Notes24. No. 11.—Child Labourers in 183625. Notes26. No. 12.—The Museum, 300 B.C.27. Notes28. No. 13.—The Warning29. Notes30. No. 14.—Science as taught in our Great-grandfathers’ School-days31. Notes32. No. 15—The Hut-Tax33. Notes34. No. 16.—The Mandarin35. Notes36. No. 17—Isaac Newton37. Notes38. No. 18.—The Battle of the Nile