Transcriber’s Note

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of corrections is found at the end of the text.

TRUE POLITENESS.

A
HAND-BOOK OF ETIQUETTE
FOR
LADIES.
BY AN AMERICAN LADY.

New York:
LEAVITT AND ALLEN.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year
1847, by
GEORGE S. APPLETON.
In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United
States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

CONTENTS.

[Introductions][5]
[Recognitions and Salutations][11]
[Dress and Fashion][14]
[Conversation—Tattling][19]
[Visits and Visiting][26]
[Receiving Visits][32]
[Ball-Room—Parties—Dancing][36]
[Music][43]
[The Dinner Table][45]
[Courtship and Marriage][53]
[Servants][55]
[Letters and Notes][57]
[Funerals][59]
[Cards][60]
[Presents][61]
[General Observations][63]

TRUE POLITENESS
FOR
LADIES.

INTRODUCTIONS.