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OR THE
MANNERS, CONDUCT AND DRESS
OF THE MOST REFINED SOCIETY;
INCLUDING
Forms for Letters, Invitations, Etc., Etc. Also, Valuable
Suggestions on Home Culture and Training.
COMPILED FROM THE LATEST RELIABLE AUTHORITIES,
Suggestions on Home Culture and Training.
COMPILED FROM THE LATEST RELIABLE AUTHORITIES,
BY
JOHN H. YOUNG, A.M.
REVISED AND ILLUSTRATED.
F. B. DICKERSON & CO.,
DETROIT, MICH. ST. LOUIS, MO.
| PENNSYLVANIA PUBLISHING CO., | UNION PUBLISHING HOUSE, |
| HARRISBURGH, PA. | CHICAGO, ILL. |
1881.
| To go through this life with good manners possessed, |
| Is to be kind unto all, rich, poor and oppressed, |
| For kindness and mercy are balms that will heal |
| The sorrows, the pains, and the woes that we feel. |
COPYRIGHTED
BY
FREEMAN B. DICKERSON,
1879 and 1881.
BY
FREEMAN B. DICKERSON,
1879 and 1881.
Preface.
O one subject is of more importance to people generally than aknowledge of the rules, usages and ceremonies of good society, which arecommonly expressed by the word "Etiquette." Its necessity is feltwherever men and women associate together, whether in the city, village,or country town, at home or abroad. To acquire a thorough knowledge ofthese matters, and to put that knowledge into practice with perfect easeand self-complacency,
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