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A Gentleman
Maurice Francis Egan
132 pages~2 hr 38 min read14 chapters$1.99
Manners can be learned; character must be built. Maurice Francis Egan tells young men what makes a gentleman, what does not, how to express a thought, how to write a letter, and what belongs on the home bookshelf, Shakespeare included. Short chapters, plain talk, standards worth keeping. Hand it to a boy becoming a man.
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Inside this book
14 chapters
- 1A GENTLEMAN.
- 2Preface.
- 3Contents.
- 4I. The Need of Good Manners.
- 5II. Rules of Etiquette.
- 6III. What Makes a Gentleman.
- 7IV. What Does Not Make a Gentleman.
- 8V. How to Express One’s Thoughts.
- 9VI. Letter-writing.
- 10VII. What to Read.
- 11VIII. The Home Book-shelf.
- 12IX. Of Shakspere.
- 13X. Of Talk, Work, and Amusement.
- 14XI. The Little Joys of Life.
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