Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W. / 2008-10-04 00:00:00

EBOOK MANNERS AND SOCIAL USAGES ***


Produced by Holly Ingraham.


[frontispiece]THE MODERN DINNER-TABLE.
MANNERS
AND
SOCIAL USAGES
BY
MRS. JOHN SHERWOOD M.E.W.
AUTHOR OF "A TRANSPLANTED ROSE"
"Manners are the shadows of great virtues."--Whateley
"Solid Fashion is funded politeness."--Emerson
NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION, REVISED BY THE AUTHOR
JUN 11 1887


PG TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
This etiquette manual was probably originally a series of columns
in a newspaper or a magazine like Harper's, as the chapters on
weddings in the different seasons refer to how the fashions have
changed since the last one--by the original copyright, 1884,
though the book version appeared in 1887. Notable features among
the usual: how to dance the German, or Cotillon; remarks and four
chapters on English, French, or others in contrast to American
customs, making it a guide to European manners; proper behavior
for the single woman past girlhood; appropriate costumes for many
occasions; three chapters on staff and servants.

PREFACE.
There is no country where there are so many people asking what is
"proper to do," or, indeed, where there are so many genuinely
anxious to do the proper thing, as in the vast conglomerate which
we call the United States of America. The newness of our country
is perpetually renewed by the sudden making of fortunes, and by
the absence of a hereditary, reigning set.
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