Manners and Rules of Good Society

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Author

Anonymous

Title

Manners and Rules of Good Society; or, Solecisms to be Avoided

Credits

Produced by Delphine Lettau, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion

Subject

Manners and customs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39040

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39040

Release Date

March 3, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MANNERS AND RULES OF GOOD SOCIETY
2. 2.BY A MEMBER OF THE ARISTOCRACY
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY REMARKS — MANNERS AND RULES OF GOOD SOCIETY
6. 6.CHAPTER I — THE MEANING OF ETIQUETTE
7. 7.CHAPTER II — INTRODUCTIONS
8. 8.CHAPTER III — LEAVING CARDS — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — PAYING CALLS — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER V — PRECEDENCY — Table of General Precedency — GENTLEMEN — LADIES
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — THE COLLOQUIAL APPLICATION OF TITLES
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — POINTS OF ETIQUETTE AS REGARDS ROYAL PERSONAGES
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — POINTS OF ETIQUETTE WHEN TRAVELLING ABROAD, AND PRESENTATIONS AT FOREIGN COURTS
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — THE RECEIVED MODE OF PRONOUNCING CERTAIN SURNAMES
15. 15.CHAPTER X — PRESENTATIONS AT COURTS AND ATTENDING COURTS
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — PRESENTATIONS AT LEVÉES AND ATTENDING LEVÉES
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — BALLS AND STATE BALLS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — DINNER GIVING AND DINING OUT — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — DINNER-TABLE ETIQUETTE
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — EVENING PARTIES
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — WEDDINGS AND WEDDING LUNCHEONS
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — WEDDING RECEPTIONS
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — WEDDING EXPENSES
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — AFTERNOON "AT HOMES" — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — "AT HOME" DAYS
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — COLONIAL ETIQUETTE
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII — INDIAN ETIQUETTE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII — GARDEN-PARTIES
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV — TOWN GARDEN-PARTIES
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV — EVENING GARDEN-PARTIES
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI — LUNCHEONS
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII — BREAKFASTS
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII — PICNICS AND WATER-PARTIES
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX — JUVENILE PARTIES
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX — WRITTEN INVITATIONS
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI — REFUSING INVITATIONS
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII — WALKING, DRIVING, AND RIDING
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII — BOWING
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV — THE COCKADE
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV — COUNTRY-HOUSE VISITS
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI — HUNTING AND SHOOTING
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII — SHAKING HANDS
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII — CHAPERONS AND DÉBUTANTES
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX — PRESENTATIONS AT THE VICEREGAL COURT, DUBLIN CASTLE
45. 45.CHAPTER XL — HOSTESSES
46. 46.CHAPTER XLI — THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LADY PATRONESSES OF PUBLIC BALLS
47. 47.CHAPTER XLII — PERIODS OF MOURNING
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIII — ENGAGED
49. 49.CHAPTER XLIV — SILVER WEDDINGS
50. 50.CHAPTER XLV — SUBSCRIPTION DANCES
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVI — GIVING PRESENTS
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVII — CHRISTENING PARTIES
53. 53.INDEX

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