Conversation / What to Say and How to Say it
What to Say and How to Say It
MARY GREER CONKLIN
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1912
Copyright, 1912, by
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
All rights reserved for all countries
Published November, 1912
IN LOVING MEMORY
A. E. C.
WHOSE DELIGHTFUL CONVERSATION STIMULATED MY YOUTH
Mary Greer Conklin
Transcriber's note
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
GOSSIP
GOSSIP
CHAPTER IV
WHAT SHOULD GUESTS TALK ABOUT AT DINNER?
WHAT SHOULD GUESTS TALK ABOUT AT DINNER?
CHAPTER V
TALK OF HOST AND HOSTESS AT DINNER
THE TALK OF HOST AND HOSTESS AT DINNER
CHAPTER VI
INTERRUPTION IN CONVERSATION
INTERRUPTION IN CONVERSATION
FOOTNOTE
CHAPTER VII
POWER OF FITNESS, TACT, AND NICETY IN BUSINESS WORDS
POWER OF FITNESS, TACT, AND NICETY IN BUSINESS WORDS
FOOTNOTE
CHAPTER VIII
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION