[p.i]MANNERS AND RULES
OF
GOOD SOCIETY
[p.iii]MANNERS AND RULES
OF
GOOD SOCIETY
OR SOLECISMS TO BE AVOIDED
BY A MEMBER
OF THE ARISTOCRACY
THIRTY-EIGHTH EDITION
LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1916
(All rights reserved)
[p.iv]Printed in Great Britain
[p.v]PREFACE
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"Manners and Rules of Good Society" contains all the informationcomprised in the original work, "Manners and Tone of Good Society," butwith considerable additions. In a volume of this nature it is necessaryto make constant revisions, and this is periodically done to keep it upto date, that it may be depended upon as being not only the mostreliable, but also the newest book of etiquette.
A comparison of the number of chapters and their subjects with those ofthe early editions would best demonstrate how the work has grown, notmerely in bulk, but in importance also. This extension has allowed manysubjects to be more exhaustively treated than heretofore, and it nowincludes every rule and point that could possibly be comprehended in itstitle.
The work throughout its many editions has commended itself to theattention of thousands of readers, and it is hoped the present editionwill be received by society in general with the marked success of itspredecessors.
[p.vii]CONTENTS
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- CHAPTER PAGE
- INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ix
- THE MEANING OF ETIQUETTE 1
- INTRODUCTIONS 6
- LEAVING CARDS 19
- PAYING CALLS 32
- PRECEDENCY 44
- THE COLLOQUIAL APPLICATION OF TITLES 53
- POINTS OF ETIQUETTE AS REGARDS ROYAL PERSONAGES 61
- POINTS OF ETIQUETTE WHEN TRAVELLING ABROAD, AND PRESENTATIONS AT FOREIGN COURTS 65
- THE RECEIVED MODE OF PRONOUNCING CERTAIN SURNAMES 68
- PRESENTATIONS AT COURTS AND ATTENDING COURTS 73
- PRESENTATIONS AT LEVÉES AND ATTENDING LEVÉES ...