WORKS BY T. EVAN JACOB, B.A. LATE SCHOLAR OF ST. CATHERINE'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY THE CIVIL SERVICE ESSAY WRITER. IS. COMPANION TO THE CIVIL SERVICE ESSAY WRITER. IS. 6d. (This book cannot be presented). THE CIVIL SERVICE READER. 25. Schoolmaster." These three books have been prepared specially for students proposing to enter the Civil Service and to enable them to do the composition paper with confidence and success. The author shows how the ideas which they have collected should be arranged and how they can be presented in the best form. There are valuable hints on common mistakes in grammar, and very clear and concise directions for punctuation and the use of capital letters. The Companion, in addition to serving as a key to the exerciser, contains a good collection of specimen essays. As an aid to enable the student to acquire a good style, by the study of the best authors, the Civil Service Reader has been compiled. 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