PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
MANNERS AND RULES OF GOOD SOCIETY
CHAPTER I THE MEANING OF ETIQUETTE
CHAPTER II INTRODUCTIONS
CHAPTER III LEAVING CARDS
CHAPTER IV PAYING CALLS
CHAPTER V PRECEDENCY
CHAPTER VI THE COLLOQUIAL APPLICATION OF TITLES
CHAPTER VII POINTS OF ETIQUETTE AS REGARDS ROYAL PERSONAGES
CHAPTER VIII POINTS OF ETIQUETTE WHEN TRAVELLING ABROAD, AND PRESENTATIONS AT FOREIGN COURTS
CHAPTER IX THE RECEIVED MODE OF PRONOUNCING CERTAIN SURNAMES
CHAPTER X PRESENTATIONS AT COURTS AND ATTENDING COURTS
CHAPTER XI PRESENTATIONS AT LEVEES AND ATTENDING LEVEES
CHAPTER XII BALLS AND STATE BALLS
CHAPTER XIII DINNER GIVING AND DINING OUT
CHAPTER XIV DINNER-TABLE ETIQUETTE
CHAPTER XV EVENING PARTIES
CHAPTER XVI WEDDINGS AND WEDDING LUNCHEONS
CHAPTER XVII WEDDING RECEPTIONS
CHAPTER XVIII WEDDING EXPENSES
CHAPTER XIX AFTERNOON "AT HOMES"
CHAPTER XX "AT HOME" DAYS
CHAPTER XXI COLONIAL ETIQUETTE
CHAPTER XXII INDIAN ETIQUETTE
CHAPTER XXIII GARDEN-PARTIES
CHAPTER XXIV TOWN GARDEN-PARTIES
CHAPTER XXV EVENING GARDEN-PARTIES
CHAPTER XXVI LUNCHEONS
CHAPTER XXVII BREAKFASTS
CHAPTER XXVIII PICNICS AND WATER-PARTIES
CHAPTER XXIX JUVENILE PARTIES
CHAPTER XXX WRITTEN INVITATIONS
CHAPTER XXXI REFUSING INVITATIONS
CHAPTER XXXII WALKING, DRIVING, AND RIDING
CHAPTER XXXIII BOWING
CHAPTER XXXIV THE COCKADE
CHAPTER XXXV COUNTRY-HOUSE VISITS
CHAPTER XXXVI HUNTING AND SHOOTING
CHAPTER XXXVII SHAKING HANDS
CHAPTER XXXVIII CHAPERONS AND DEBUTANTES
CHAPTER XXXIX PRESENTATIONS AT THE VICEREGAL COURT, DUBLIN CASTLE
CHAPTER XL HOSTESSES
CHAPTER XLI THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF LADY PATRONESSES OF PUBLIC BALLS
CHAPTER XLII PERIODS OF MOURNING
CHAPTER XLIII ENGAGED
CHAPTER XLIV SILVER WEDDINGS
CHAPTER XLV SUBSCRIPTION DANCES
CHAPTER XLVI GIVING PRESENTS
CHAPTER XLVII CHRISTENING PARTIES
INDEX
BY A MEMBER
OF THE ARISTOCRACY
THIRTY-EIGHTH EDITION
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1916
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