Beadle's dime book of practical etiquette for ladies and gentlemen
Subtitle: being a guide to true gentility and good-breeding, and a complete directory to the usages and observances of society
By: prepared expressly for the "Dime series" by a committee of three
Series: Dime series; Dime series
Publisher: Irwin P. Beadle
Published: 1859
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Etiquette -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Manners and customs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1783-1865.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: Beadle's dime book of etiquette
Notes: Contents of Beadle's song books, no. 1-6 and Beadle's dime melodist, comprising the music and words (p. [1-8]).

"Including etiquette of the ball room, of the evening party, the dinner-party, the card and chess table. of business, of the home circle, &c., &c."--Cover

Cover title.
Table of contents: title: Entrance into society; title: General observances for visits, etc.; title: Special observances for all occasions; title: The formula of introductions; title: On dress and ornaments; title: On cleanliness and fastidiousness; title: Conversation and personal address; title: Writing of letters, etc.; title: Balls, evening-parties, receptions, etc.; title: The card and chess table, etc.; title: Entertainments, dinner-parties, etc.; title: Etiquette of the street; title: The politeness of business; title: Advice to the working-man; title: Love, courtship, and marriage; title: Respect for religion and old age; title: Special word for ladies only; title: Confidential advice to young men; title: Cultivate a taste for the beautiful; title: Etiquette of horseback riding; title: The laws of home etiquette; title: Cards of invitation for all occasions.