A

TREATISE

ON

ENGLISH PUNCTUATION;

DESIGNED FOR

LETTER-WRITERS, AUTHORS, PRINTERS, AND
CORRECTORS OF THE PRESS;

AND FOR

THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES.

With an Appendix,

CONTAINING RULES ON THE USE OF CAPITALS, A LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS,
HINTS ON THE PREPARATION OF COPY AND ON PROOF-READING,
SPECIMEN OF PROOF-SHEET, ETC.

BY JOHN WILSON.

TWENTY-EIGHTH EDITION.

NEW YORK .:. CINCINNATI .:. CHICAGO :

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by

JOHN WILSON,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

University Press:

JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE.