The Principles of the Art of Conversation
by J. P. Mahaffy
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About this eBook
- Author
- Mahaffy, J. P. (John Pentland), 1839-1919
- Credits
- Turgut Dincer, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion
- Subject
- Conversation
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 65638
- Release Date
- June 18, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ART OF CONVERSATION
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.ANALYSIS
- 4.INTRODUCTION
- 5.Subjective Side—Physical Conditions
- 6.Mental Conditions—Special Knowledge
- 7.General Knowledge
- 8.Intellectual Quickness
- 9.Moral Conditions—Modesty
- 10.Moral Conditions—Simplicity
- 11.Moral Conditions—Shyness Reserve
- 12.Unselfishness
- 13.Sympathy
- 14.Moral Conditions—Tact
- 15.Conditions too General—Moral Worth and Truthfulness
- 16.Conditions too Special—Wit and Humour
- 17.Humour
- 18.Objective Conditions. The Company—Its Number
- 19.Talking with a Few
- 20.With Many
- 21.The Quality of the Company
- 22.Talking with Superiors
- 23.With Inferiors
- 24.The Relations of Sex and Age
- 25.Degrees of Intimacy
- 26.The Topics of Conversation—Serious and Trivial
- 27.The Topics of Conversation—General and Personal
- 28.Topics of Conversation—Modes of Treatment
- 29.Epilogue
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