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Social Life; or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society
Maud C. Cooke
Self-culture in conversation, dress, deportment, correspondence, children and home: Maud Cooke's enormous 1890s guide promises complete coverage and keeps the promise at colossal length. Rules of etiquette for all occasions sit beside advice on the care of children and the household. One of the most comprehensive American manuals of its century. Everything, in one confident volume.
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551 chapters
- 1Social Life
- 2OR The Manners and Customs of Polite Society
- 3CONTAINING THE RULES OF ETIQUETTE FOR ALL OCCASIONS AND FORMING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO SELF-CULTURE IN CONVERSATION, DRESS, DEPORTMENT, CORRESPONDENCE, THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND THE HOME.
- 4EMBELLISHED WITH COLORED PHOTOTYPES.
- 5PREFACE.
- 6CONTENTS.
- 7The Essence of Etiquette.
- 8The Influence of Good Manners.
- 9The Marks of True Politeness.
- 10The Great Value of Courtesy.
- 11Rules of Etiquette.
- 12An English Custom.
- 13You May Introduce Yourself.
- 14A Custom Out of Date.
- 15Forms of Introduction.
- 16What Should Follow the Introduction.
- 17A Lady’s Wishes Should be Respected.
- 18SALUTATIONS.
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