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INTRODUCTION, iii

ENTRANCE INTO SOCIETY:
General Observations—Case of the Bashful Young Man—Enter Society Early—Avoid Forwardness and Romping—Snobs—Fops—Bores—The Secret of Making Yourself at Ease—Good-Nature everything,
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GENERAL OBSERVANCES FOR VISITS, ETC.:
The several Kinds of Visits—Styles of Dress appropriate—Proper Time to Call—Make a brief Stay—Visits to the Newly-Married—Of Condolence—After a Party—on New Year's day, etc.,
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SPECIAL OBSERVANCES FOR ALL OCCASIONS:
Directions for all to Learn by Heart, in Regard to Dress, Demeanor, Conversation, etc., etc.,
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THE FORMULA OF INTRODUCTIONS:
How to "Introduce"—General Forms to be Observed—When Introductions are Proper—Promiscuous Introductions Improper,
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ON DRESS AND ORNAMENTS:
Good Dress highly Proper and Necessary—The kind of Garments proper for Various Occasions—Jewelry and "Flash" Dressing vulgar—When Jewelry is in Good Taste—Special advice to Females upon Their Dress—Flowers, Jewels, Feathers, Arrangement of Hair, etc., etc.,
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ON CLEANLINESS AND FASTIDIOUSNESS:
The Hands, Nails, Mouth, Teeth, etc., etc.—Bathe Frequently for Purity of Complexion—Tobacco and Smell of Smoke Offensive and Forbidden in the House or in the Presence of Ladies—"Broken" garments—Neatness inseparable from True Gentility,
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CONVERSATION AND PERSONAL ADDRESS:
The Various Talkers—How to Talk and When—The kind of Subjects proper to Introduce—Pedantry out of Place—Impropriety of Personalities—Good Talking and Good Manners always go Together,
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WRITING OF LETTERS, ETC.:
How to Address, and kind of Paper to Use—Seals, Franks, Superscriptions, etc.—The Forms generally Used—On Style—The Proprieties of Language—Praise and Flattery out of Place—Models not always Available—Letters to Friends—A "Dime Letter Writer" in Press,
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BALLS, EVENING-PARTIES, RECEPTIONS, ETC.:
Whole Etiquette and Observances of these Occasions, with Special Remarks to both Sexes upon Deportment, Proprieties, etc.—A Chapter for all Young Persons to Read,
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THE CARD AND CHESS TABLE, ETC.:
Etiquette of Sociable Games—Chess and its Proprieties—Cheerfulness a Necessary Companion for all Players,
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ENTERTAINMENTS, DINNER-PARTIES, ETC.:
The whole Etiquette of such Occasions, including General and Special Directions,
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ETIQUETTE OF THE STREET:
Explicit Directions for Behavior on the Street—A True Gentleman known by his Demeanor—How to Treat Ladies,
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THE POLITENESS OF BUSINESS:
How Proper Politeness is, in Employees and Employers—Rules which should Invariably Mark their Deportment,
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ADVICE TO THE WORKING-MAN:
Politeness Essential to all—Boorishness Intolerable and Injurious—The true Relation between the various Workers in Society,
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LOVE, COURTSHIP, AND MARRIAGE:
A Chapter by an Eminent Author—The Language of True Love and its Expression—The True Relations of the Sexes—Coquetry and Flirting a Mark of Baseness—Courtship—Its Modes of Procedure and its Proper Manifestation—Its Attendant Responsibilities—Marriage—The Solemn Character of the Occasion—Its Forms of Procedure, and Rites of the Ceremony—After-Marriage Customs and Observances,
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RESPECT FOR RELIGION AND OLD AGE:
Remarks Designed for the Young of both Sexes, and Advice they will not Fail to Profit by,
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SPECIAL WORD, FOR LADIES ONLY:
The Necessities of Particular Styles of Dress—Velvets, Muslins, Complexion, etc.—A fair Face should be Always in Smiles,
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CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN:
The Great, Invariable Law of Compensations—The True Principles of Conduct, the and grand Secret of Success,
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CULTIVATE A TASTE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL:
That "the Beautiful" is—Its great Utility in Modifying our Tastes

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