PREFACE 12 
You might as well expect to learn writing 
without using a pen as gardening without 
using a bit of land. You will make some 
mistakes and lose some crops, but I can show 
you how to profit by mistakes and to lose very 
little by losses. 
If you don’t understand the directions, that 
is my fault: I should be able to make it clear to 
everyone. So just write me (a pencil and a 
postal card will do) and I will tell you what you 
want to know, if I know it myself or can find 
out. 
Botton Hatt. 
56 Ping St., New Yorx Ciry. 
