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A COMPLETE MANUAL FOR THOSE WHO DESIRE TO UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF GOOD BREEDING, THE CUSTOMS OF GOOD SOCIETY, AND TO AVOID INCORRECT AND VULGAR HABITS,
CONTAINING
Clear and Comprehensive Directions for Correct Manners, Dress, and Conversation;
Instructions for Good Behavior at Dinner Parties, and the Table, with Hints on the Art of Carving and Taking Wine at Table;
Together with the Etiquette of the Ball and Assembly Room, Evening Parties;
Deportment in the Street and when Travelling;
And the Usages to be Observed when Visiting or Receiving Calls.
TO WHICH IS ADDED
THE ETIQUETTE OF COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, DOMESTIC DUTIES, AND FIFTY-SIX RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN GENERAL SOCIETY.
By ARTHUR MARTINE.
NEW YORK: DICK & FITZGERALD, PUBLISHERS.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by DICK & FITZGERALD, In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For a complete list, please see the end of this document.
CONTENTS.
General Observations 5
The Art of Conversation 8
General Rules for Conversation 24
On Dress 48
Introductions 57
Letters of Introduction 61
Dinner Parties 63
Habits at Table 67
Wine at Table 74
Carving 82
Etiquette of the Ball and Assembly Room 93
Evening Parties 104
Visiting 113
Street Etiquette 127
Traveling 133
Marriage 136
Domestic Etiquette and Duties 144
On General Society 154