CONTENTS.
TRUE POLITENESS FOR LADIES.
INTRODUCTIONS. I.
RECOGNITIONS AND SALUTATIONS. XVII.
DRESS AND FASHION. XXVI.
CONVERSATION, TATTLING. XLII.
VISITS. LXV.
RECEIVING VISITS. LXXXI.
THE BALL-ROOM. XC.
MUSIC. CXIII.
THE DINNER-TABLE. CXXI.
COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE. CLIV.
SERVANTS. CLVIX.
LETTERS AND NOTES. CLXIII.
FUNERALS. CLXXI.
CARDS. CLXXIV.
PRESENTS. CLXXVIII.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. CLXXXII.
Transcriber’s Note
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of corrections is found at the end of the text.
TRUE POLITENESS.
New York: LEAVITT AND ALLEN.
Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by GEORGE S. APPLETON. In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
