The ideal of a gentleman; or, A mirror for gentlefolks, a portrayal in literature from the earliest times / by A. Smythe-Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Abram Smythe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courtesy.

Conduct of life.

Gentlemen.

Physical Description:

vii, 522 pages : plate (portrait) ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge; New York : Dutton, [1908]

Contents:

1. The historical idea of a gentleman.

2. Definition of a gentleman.

3. The inwardness or essential quality of a gentleman.

4. The herald's gentleman.

5. Ancestry.

6. Wealth and work.

7. Manners and good breeding. 8. Traits of gentlehood.

9. Precepts of gentlehood.

10. The poets' gentleman. 11. The gentleman exemplified.

12. Gentlemen of other nations.

13. Ironical and abusive accceptation of "gentleman."

14. Conclusion. Index.

Notes:

Photocopy. Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Photoduplication Dept., 1996. 28 cm.

OCLC:

187451890