The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language

The Art of Writing and Speaking the English Language-Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric is a classic language arts volume from American education icon, Sherwin Cody, and it is among the most essential books ever written on the subject of improving general written and spoken English. Cody cites works from the greats of writing and diplomacy including Stephen Crane, Charles Dickens and Abraham Lincoln and employs these examples as a means of teaching the reader supreme English skill.

Alpheus Sherwin Cody (November 30, 1868-April 4, 1959) was an American writer and entrepreneur who developed a long-running home-study course in speaking and writing and a signature series of advertisements asking "Do You Make These Mistakes in English?" A critic of traditional English education, Cody advocated colloquial style and grammar. His course, presented in a patented workbook format which he described as self-correcting, was purchased by over 150,000 students from its inception in 1918. He published essays, books and articles virtually nonstop from 1893 through 1,950. In a book published in 1895, he gave the advice, "Write what you know-so go out and know something."