Sensible etiquette of the best society, customs, manners, morals, and home culture
Subtitle: compiled from the best authorities
By: by Mrs. H. O. Ward [i.e. Clara Bloomfield-Moore].
Edition: 20th rev. ed.
Publisher: Porter & Coates
Published: 1878
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 567
Subjects: Etiquette for women.
Description: This is  the "[TENTH REVISED EDITION]" and has ONLY Mrs. H.O. Ward as author.  Advice on proper etiquette regarding parties, social visits, fashion, etc., revealing the complexity of the social rules in Victorian America.
Table of contents: title: Dedication.; title: Preface.; title: Introductory.; title: Chapter I.; title: Letters--Notes--Invitations--Acceptances--Regrets--Opera-Boxes--Exceptions to general Rules--Society--Solitude--Character; title: Chapter II.; title: General Instructions--Calls and Cards--Rules for Watering-Places--The Social Dogberry--Proofs of Good Breeding--Nuisances in Society; title: ...; title: ...; title: ...; title: Chapter XVII.; title: Homelife--The Disciplines of Life--The Life Immortal