  OUR AMERICAN RESOURCES, AND FOREIGN ALLIES. THE INTELLECTUAL COMPONENTS OF DINNER. VARIOUS MODES OF GASTRONOMIC GRATIFICATION. THE INFLUENCE OF GOOD CHEER ON AUTHORS AND GENIUSES. COOKERY AND WINES OF THE SOUTH OF EUROPE. SOME ODDITIES IN THE ART OF ENTERTAINING. THE FURNISHING OF A COUNTRY HOUSE. ENTERTAINING IN A COUNTRY HOUSE. THE SEASON, BALLS, AND RECEPTIONS. CERTAIN PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS. COMPARATIVE MERITS OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN MODES OF ENTERTAINING. Title: The Art of Entertaining Author: M. E. W. Sherwood Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 E-text prepared by Melissa McDaniel |
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THE ART OF ENTERTAINING
THE
ART OF ENTERTAINING
BY
M. E. W. SHERWOOD
This night
Beneath my roof my dearest friends I entertain
Homer
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1893
Copyright, 1892,
By Dodd, Mead and Company.
All rights reserved.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
With a grateful recognition of his services to
"The Art of Entertaining,"
Both at home and abroad, and with a profound respect for his wit, eloquence, and learning, this book is dedicated
TO
THE HON. CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW,
By his Friend, the Author.
