Manners And Social Usages
eBook - ePub

Manners And Social Usages

  1. 488 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Manners And Social Usages

About this book

A manual written for any social scenario that might occur to somebody from the upper-middle classes at the turn of the 20th century. A lot of this book may seem anachronistic in the modern age but it is a fascinating study for any fan of social history.

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Information

Publisher
Ellott Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781445577012
eBook ISBN
9781473389212
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Folklore & Mythology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Preface
  4. Contents
  5. I. Women as Leaders
  6. II. Optional Civilities
  7. III. Good and Bad Society
  8. IV. On Introducing People
  9. V. Visiting
  10. VI. Invitations, Acceptances, and Regrets
  11. VII. Cards of Compliment, Courtesy, Condolence, and Congratulation
  12. VIII. The Etiquette of Weddings
  13. IX. Who Pays for the Cards
  14. X. Weddings after Easter
  15. XI. Summer Weddings
  16. XII. Autumn Weddings
  17. XIII. Before the Wedding and After
  18. XIV. Gold, Silver, and Tin Weddings
  19. XV. The Etiquette of Balls
  20. XVI. Fashionable Dancing
  21. XVII. Letters and Letter-Writing
  22. XVIII. Costly thy Habit
  23. XIX. Dressing for Driving
  24. XX. Incongruities of Dress
  25. XXI. Etiquette of Mourning
  26. XXII. Mourning and Funeral Usages
  27. XXIII. Letters of Condolence
  28. XXIV. Chaperons and Their Duties
  29. XXV. Etiquette for Elderly Girls
  30. XXVI. New-Year’s Calls
  31. XXVII. MatinÉes and SoirÉes
  32. XXVIII. Afternoon Tea
  33. XXIX. Caudle and Christening Cups and Ceremonies
  34. XXX. Modern Dinner-Table
  35. XXXI. Laying the Dinner-Table
  36. XXXII. Favors and BonbonniÈres
  37. XXXIII. Dinner-Table Novelties
  38. XXXIV. Summer Dinners
  39. XXXV. Luncheons, Informal and Social
  40. XXXVI. Supper Parties
  41. XXXVII. Simple Dinners
  42. XXXVIII. The Small Talk of Society
  43. XXXIX. Garden Parties
  44. XL. Silver Weddings and other Wedding Anniversaries
  45. XLI. Spring and Summer Entertainments
  46. XLII. Floral Tributes and Decorations
  47. XLIII. The Fork and the Spoon
  48. XLIV. Napkins and Table-Cloths
  49. XLV. Servants, their Dress and Duties
  50. XLVI. House with One Servant
  51. XLVII. House with Two Servants
  52. XLVIII. House with Many Servants
  53. XLIX. Manners: A Study for the Awkward and the Shy
  54. L. How to Treat a Guest
  55. LI. Lady and Gentleman
  56. LII. The Manners of the Past
  57. LIII. The Manners of the Optimist
  58. LIV. The Manners of the Sympathetic
  59. LV. Certain Questions Answered
  60. LVI. English Table Manners and Social Usages
  61. LVII. American and English Etiquette Contrasted
  62. LVIII. How to Treat English People
  63. LIX. A Foreign Table d’HÔte, and Casino Life Abroad