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Manners, culture and dress of the best American society : including social, commercial and legal forms, letter writing, invitations, &c., also valuable suggestions on self culture and home training / by Richard A. Wells ; introd. by Willard E. Waterbury.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1894 Wells
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wells, Richard A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Etiquette.
- Clothing and dress.
- Manners and customs.
- Beauty, Personal.
- Letter writing.
- United States--Social life and customs--19th century.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Beauty, Personal.
- Letter writing.
- Physical Description:
- 502 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Springfield, Mass. : King, Richardson, 1894, c1890.
- Contents:
- Introductory
- Entrance into society
- Introductions
- Salutations
- Social intercourse
- Conversations
- Visits
- Dinner parties and balls
- Street etiquette
- Riding and driving
- Travelers and traveling
- Etiquette of public places
- Letters and letter writing
- Laws of business and legal forms
- Self-culture
- Advantages of wedlock
- Courtship and marriage
- The home
- Domestic etiquette and duties
- Table etiquette
- Miscellaneous rules of etiquette
- Washington etiquette
- Business
- Anniversary weddings
- Funerals
- Dress
- Harmony of color in dress
- The toilette
- Beauty and its expression
- Servants
- Home decorations
- Amusements
- Etiquette with children
- Etiquette for baptism
- Etiquette of the studio
- Precious stones
- Flowers and their sentiments
- Window gardening
- Care and culture of plants
- Furnishing the home
- Books
- Toilet recipes.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum's copy gift of Mary Brown Hamingson.
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