Manners and Social Usages
M. E. W. (Mary Elizabeth Wilson) Sherwood
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1. Front matter2. PG TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:3. CHAPTER I. WOMEN AS LEADERS.4. CHAPTER II. OPTIONAL CIVILITIES.5. CHAPTER III. GOOD AND BAD SOCIETY.6. CHAPTER IV. ON INTRODUCING PEOPLE.7. CHAPTER V. VISITING.8. CHAPTER VI. INVITATIONS, ACCEPTANCES, AND REGRETS.9. CHAPTER VII. CARDS OF COMPLIMENT, COURTESY, CONDOLENCE, AND CONGRATULATION.10. CHAPTER VIII. THE ETIQUETTE OF WEDDINGS.11. CHAPTER IX. "WHO PAYS FOR THE CARDS?"12. CHAPTER X. WEDDINGS AFTER EASTER.13. CHAPTER XI. SUMMER WEDDINGS.14. CHAPTER XII. AUTUMN WEDDINGS.15. CHAPTER XIII. BEFORE THE WEDDING AND AFTER.16. CHAPTER XIV. GOLD, SILVER, AND TIN WEDDINGS.17. CHAPTER XV. THE ETIQUETTE OF BALLS.18. CHAPTER XVI. FASHIONABLE DANCING.19. CHAPTER XVII. LETTERS AND LETTER-WRITING.20. CHAPTER XVIII. COSTLY THY HABIT.21. CHAPTER XIX. DRESSING FOR DRIVING.22. CHAPTER XX. INCONGRUITIES OF DRESS.23. CHAPTER XXI. ETIQUETTE OF MOURNING.24. CHAPTER XXII. MOURNING AND FUNERAL USAGES.25. CHAPTER XXIII. LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE.26. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPERONS AND THEIR DUTIES.27. CHAPTER XXV. ETIQUETTE FOR ELDERLY GIRLS.28. CHAPTER XXVI. NEW-YEAR'S CALLS.29. CHAPTER XXVII. MATINES AND SOIRES.30. CHAPTER XXVIII. AFTERNOON TEA.31. CHAPTER XXIX. CAUDLE AND CHRISTENING CUPS AND CEREMONIES.32. CHAPTER XXX. THE MODERN DINNER-TABLE.33. CHAPTER XXXI. LAYING THE DINNER-TABLE.34. CHAPTER XXXII. FAVORS AND BONBONNIERES.35. CHAPTER XXXIII. DINNER-TABLE NOVELTIES.36. CHAPTER XXXIV. SUMMER DINNERS.37. CHAPTER XXXV. LUNCHEONS, INFORMAL AND SOCIAL.38. CHAPTER XXXVI. SUPPER-PARTIES.39. CHAPTER XXXVII. SIMPLE DINNERS.40. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE SMALL-TALK OF SOCIETY.41. CHAPTER XXXIX. GARDEN-PARTIES.42. CHAPTER XL. SILVER WEDDINGS AND OTHER WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES.43. CHAPTER XLI. SPRING AND SUMMER ENTERTAINMENTS.44. CHAPTER XLII. FLORAL TRIBUTES AND DECORATIONS.45. CHAPTER XLIII. THE FORK AND THE SPOON.46. CHAPTER XLIV. NAPKINS AND TABLE-CLOTHS.47. CHAPTER XLV. SERVANTS, THEIR DRESS AND DUTIES.48. CHAPTER XLVI. THE HOUSE WITH ONE SERVANT.49. CHAPTER XLVII. THE HOUSE WITH TWO SERVANTS.50. CHAPTER XLVIII. THE HOUSE WITH MANY SERVANTS.51. CHAPTER XLIX. MANNERS.—A STUDY FOR THE AWKWARD AND THE SHY.52. CHAPTER L. HOW TO TREAT A GUEST.53. CHAPTER LI. LADY AND GENTLEMAN.54. CHAPTER LII. THE MANNERS OF THE PAST.55. CHAPTER LIII. THE MANNERS OF THE OPTIMIST.56. CHAPTER LIV. THE MANNERS OF THE SYMPATHETIC.57. CHAPTER LV. CERTAIN QUESTIONS ANSWERED.58. CHAPTER LVI. ENGLISH TABLE MANNERS AND SOCIAL USAGES.59. CHAPTER LVII. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH ETIQUETTE CONTRASTED.60. CHAPTER LVIII. HOW TO TREAT ENGLISH PEOPLE.61. CHAPTER LIX. A FOREIGN TABLE D'HOTE, AND CASINO LIFE ABROAD.