The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion

The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion
Author: Henry Lunettes
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2016-08-31
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ISBN: 9781537338798

Excerpt spering, Laughing, Staring, etc., to be avoided--Retaining the Hat not admissible--Salutations at Church--Attending Ladies at Concerts, Lectures, Opera, etc. etc.--Propriety of Retaining the Seat you take on Entering--Incommoding Others--Courtesy due to Those near you--Manner of well-bred Persons in a Picture Gallery, etc., --Reverence due to the Beautiful and the Good--Partaking of Refreshments in Public Places-- Discourtesy of any Semblance of Intrusiveness--Etiquette in Joining a Party--Politeness not to be laid aside in Business-intercourse--Elaborate ceremony unsuitable, at times--The Secret of Popularity--Manner at a Public Table-- Courtesy to Others--Self-importance a Proof of Vulgarity-- "Fast" Feeding--Pardonable Luxuriousness--Staring--Listening to Private Conversations--Rudeness of Loud Talking and Laughing, Shrugs, Glances, or Whispers--Courtesy due to a Lady entering a Dining-Room--To Older Persons--Meeting or passing Ladies in Public Houses--Influence of Trifles in the Formation of Character--Fr

The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion

The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion
Author: Henry Lunettes
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2017-05-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9780259259947

Excerpt from The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion: Or Familiar Letters to His Nephews, Containing Rules of Etiquette, Directions for the Formation of Character, Etc., Etc About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.