Simplex Munditiis, Gentlemen
SIMPLEX MUNDITIIS
GENTLEMEN
NEW-YORK THE DE VINNE PRESS MDCCCXCI
Copyright, 1891, by the Simplex Munditiis Publishing Co.
TO ALL WHO ADMIRE PERFECT DRESS AND CORRECT SOCIAL HABITS This Book is Dedicated IN THE HOPE THAT THE PRINCIPLES IT TEACHES MAY PROMOTE STRICT OBSERVANCE OF THE USAGES OF SOCIETY.
Mortimer Delano de Lannoy
Reginald Harvey Arnold
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SIMPLEX MUNDITIIS
CONTENTS
THE OVERCOAT
ATTIRE FOR RIDING, DRIVING, TRAVELING, YACHTING, AND LOUNGING
HOUSE WEAR
SLEEPING ATTIRE
LINEN AND KERCHIEFS
UNDERCLOTHING
THE ART OF DRESSING THE COLLAR
WALKING STICK AND UMBRELLA
MISCELLANIES
CLOSING REMARKS
CONTENTS
ACTIONS INDOORS
ACTIONS OUTDOORS
PERSONAL APPEARANCE
HABITS
CONVERSATION
CORRESPONDENCE AND INVITATIONS
PERSONAL ACTIONS
PROPOSING
PRESENTS
GENERAL POLITENESS
VISITING
