She trusts that her readers will peruse this book in as friendly a spirit as it was written.
Eliza Leslie.
Philadelphia, March 15, 1853.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
|---|---|
| SUGGESTIONS TO VISITERS | [9] |
| THE VISITED | [24] |
| TEA VISITERS | [30] |
| THE ENTRÉE | [47] |
| INTRODUCTIONS | [52] |
| CONDUCT IN THE STREET | [65] |
| SHOPPING | [71] |
| PLACES OF AMUSEMENT | [87] |
| TRAVELLING | [92] |
| DEPORTMENT AT A HOTEL | [101] |
| HOTEL DINNER | [120] |
| SHIP-BOARD | [143] |
| LETTERS | [150] |
| PRESENTS | [174] |
| CONVERSATION | [185] |
| INCORRECT WORDS | [216] |
| BORROWING | [225] |
| OFFENCES | [243] |
| OBLIGATIONS TO GENTLEMEN | [250] |
| CONDUCT TO LITERARY WOMEN | [256] |
| SUGGESTIONS TO INEXPERIENCED AUTHORS | [274] |
| CHILDREN | [285] |
| DECORUM IN CHURCH | [299] |
| EVENING PARTIES | [304] |
| MISCELLANIES | [330] |
THE
BEHAVIOUR BOOK.
CHAPTER I.
SUGGESTIONS TO VISITERS.
An amusing writer of the last century, justly complains of the want of definite words to express, distinctly and unmistakably, the different degrees of visits, with reference to their length. Whether the stay of the guest comprises ten minutes, an hour, an evening, a day, a week, or a month, still it goes under the vague and general term of a visit.
We propose, humourously, that if the stay of the guest exceeds a week, it should be called “a visitation.” If it includes a dining, or tea-drinking, or evening-spending, it may be termed “a visit;” while a mere call can be mentioned as “a vis.”