Manners and Rules of Good Society; Or, Solecisms to be Avoided
BY A MEMBER
OF THE ARISTOCRACY
THIRTY-EIGHTH EDITION
LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1916
( All rights reserved )
Printed in Great Britain
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Manners and Rules of Good Society contains all the information comprised in the original work, Manners and Tone of Good Society, but with considerable additions. In a volume of this nature it is necessary to make constant revisions, and this is periodically done to keep it up to date, that it may be depended upon as being not only the most reliable, but also the newest book of etiquette .
Anonymous
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CHAPTER I
THE MEANING OF ETIQUETTE
INTRODUCTIONS
LEAVING CARDS
PAYING CALLS
PRECEDENCY
THE COLLOQUIAL APPLICATION OF TITLES
POINTS OF ETIQUETTE AS REGARDS ROYAL PERSONAGES
POINTS OF ETIQUETTE WHEN TRAVELLING ABROAD, AND PRESENTATIONS AT FOREIGN COURTS
THE RECEIVED MODE OF PRONOUNCING CERTAIN SURNAMES
PRESENTATIONS AT COURTS AND ATTENDING COURTS
PRESENTATIONS AT LEVÉES AND ATTENDING LEVÉES
BALLS AND STATE BALLS
DINNER GIVING AND DINING OUT
DINNER-TABLE ETIQUETTE
EVENING PARTIES
WEDDINGS AND WEDDING LUNCHEONS
WEDDING RECEPTIONS
WEDDING EXPENSES
AFTERNOON "AT HOMES"
"AT HOME" DAYS
COLONIAL ETIQUETTE
INDIAN ETIQUETTE
GARDEN-PARTIES
TOWN GARDEN-PARTIES
EVENING GARDEN-PARTIES
LUNCHEONS
BREAKFASTS
PICNICS AND WATER-PARTIES
JUVENILE PARTIES
WRITTEN INVITATIONS
REFUSING INVITATIONS
WALKING, DRIVING, AND RIDING
BOWING
THE COCKADE
COUNTRY-HOUSE VISITS
HUNTING AND SHOOTING
SHAKING HANDS
CHAPERONS AND DÉBUTANTES
PRESENTATIONS AT THE VICEREGAL COURT, DUBLIN CASTLE
HOSTESSES
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LADY PATRONESSES OF PUBLIC BALLS
PERIODS OF MOURNING
ENGAGED
SILVER WEDDINGS
SUBSCRIPTION DANCES
GIVING PRESENTS
CHRISTENING PARTIES