PART II. OF PROPRIETY OF DEPORTMENT IN REGARD TO OUR SOCIAL RELATIONS.
Reading edition
CHAPTER I.
Of Deportment in the Street 50
CHAPTER II.
Of different kinds of Visits 59
CHAPTER III.
Of the Manner of receiving Visitors 75
CHAPTER IV.
Of the Carriage of the Body 82
CHAPTER V.
Of Physical Proprieties in Conversation 88
Sect. 1. Physical Observances in Conversation ibid.
2. Of Gestures 90
3. Of the Talent of listening to others 92
4. Of Pronunciation 97
5. Of Correctness in Speaking 100
CHAPTER VI.
Of the Moral Observances in Conversation 104
Sect. 1. Of Formal and Vulgar Usages ibid.
2. Of Questions and frequently recurring Expressions 110
3. Of Narrations, Analysis, and Digressions 111
4. Of Suppositions and Comparisons 118
5. Of Discussions and Quotations 119
6. Of Pleasantry, Proverbs, Puns, and Bon Mots 121
7. Of Eulogiums, Complainings, Improprieties in general, and Prejudices 125
CHAPTER VII.
Of Epistolary Composition 130
Sect. 1. Of Propriety in Letter Writing ibid.
2. Of the Interior and Exterior Form of Letters 136
CHAPTER VIII.
Additional Rules in respect to the Social Relations 146
Sect. 1. Of an obliging Deportment ibid.
2. Of Presents 151
3. Of Advice 154
4. Of Discretion 155
CHAPTER IX.
Of Travelling 159