The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
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INTRODUCTION.
8:00 -
CONVERSATION.
20:05 -
DRESS.
30:19 -
TRAVELING.
11:36 -
HOW TO BEHAVE AT A HOTEL.
7:40 -
ETIQUETTE FOR THE HOSTESS.
19:52 -
ETIQUETTE FOR THE GUEST.
10:29 -
ETIQUETTE FOR THE HOSTESS.
12:11 -
ETIQUETTE FOR THE GUEST.
20:37 -
MORNING RECEPTIONS OR CALLS. ETIQUETTE FOR THE HOSTESS.
9:52 -
MORNING RECEPTIONS OR CALLS. ETIQUETTE FOR THE CALLER.
13:41 -
DINNER COMPANY. ETIQUETTE FOR THE HOSTESS.
21:25 -
DINNER COMPANY. ETIQUETTE FOR THE GUEST.
17:24 -
TABLE ETIQUETTE.
7:53 -
CONDUCT IN THE STREET.
15:11 -
LETTER WRITING.
57:25 -
POLITE DEPORTMENT, AND GOOD HABITS.
29:12 -
CONDUCT IN CHURCH.
7:14 -
BALL ROOM ETIQUETTE. FOR THE HOSTESS.
15:29 -
BALL ROOM ETIQUETTE. FOR THE GUEST.
12:05 -
PLACES OF AMUSEMENT.
11:45 -
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Part 1
49:17 -
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Part 2
39:36 -
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Part 3
39:10 -
SERVANTS.
28:02 -
ON A YOUNG LADY'S CONDUCT WHEN CONTEMPLATING MARRIAGE.
38:59 -
BRIDAL ETIQUETTE.
8:52 -
HINTS ON HEALTH.
48:13 -
MISCELLANEOUS.
48:52
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Courtesy begins with attention to other people's comfort in Florence Hartley's 1860 handbook for women. Her introduction treats good manners as an everyday expression of kindness, then the chapters turn that principle into rules for conversation, visiting, dinner tables, travel and social gatherings. The distinction between sincere consideration and mere outward ceremony gives the manual a moral purpose as well as a practical one.
Hartley also connects social confidence with reading and intellectual cultivation. She argues that women need more than graceful appearances to take part in thoughtful company, while warning against gossip, boastfulness and exaggerated stories. Readers interested in nineteenth-century domestic life will find a detailed account of the conduct expected of hostesses, guests and young women. Its instructions also offer a way to examine how courtesy, education and social rank were linked.
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- Florence Hartley
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