The Polite Ladies' Guide to Proper Etiquette: A Complete Guide for a Lady?s Conduct in All Her Relations Towards Society

by Arthur Martine

Overview

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. Such as:

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 Traveling
And the Usages to be Observed when Visiting or Receiving Calls
In addition to this readers will also master the etiquette of courtship, marriage, domestic duties, and fifty-six rules to be observed in general society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632209047
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	06/16/2015
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Arthur Martine is the author of several civli-war era etiquette guides. He first published this book under the title of Martine's Hand-Book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness in 1860. He resided in New York, New York.

Table of Contents

General Observations 1

The Art of Conversation 5

General Rules for Conversation 25

On Dress 51

Introductions 61

Letters of Introduction 65

Dinner Parties 69

Habits at Table 75

Wine at Table 83

Carving 93

Etiquette of the Ball and Assembly Room 105

Evening Parties 117

Visiting 127

Street Etiquette 143

Traveling 151

Marriage 155

Domestic Etiquette and Duties 165

On General Society 177