TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the [end of the book].

Some minor changes to the text are noted at the [end of the book.] These are indicated by a dashed blue underline.

THE SALON AND ENGLISH LETTERS

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS
ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., Limited
LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.
TORONTO

The Conversazione
From Samuel Hoole’s Modern Manners (1782)