Etiquette, by Emily Post
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Title: Etiquette
Author: Emily Post
Release Date: December 10, 2004 [EBook #14314]
Language: English
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Etiquette, by Emily Post
1
=ETIQUETTE=
IN SOCIETY, IN BUSINESS, IN POLITICS AND AT HOME
=BY EMILY POST=
(MRS. PRICE POST)
Author of "Purple and Fine Linen," "The Title Market," "Woven in the Tapestry," "The Flight of a Moth,"
"Letters of a Worldly Godmother," etc., etc.
ILLUSTRATED WITH PRIVATE PHOTOGRAPHS AND FACSIMILES OF SOCIAL FORMS
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
=NEW YORK AND LONDON=
1922
By
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
[Printed in the United States of America] First Edition published in July 1922 Second Edition published in
September, 1922
August 11, 1910.
TO YOU MY FRIENDS WHOSE IDENTITY IN THESE PAGES IS VEILED IN FICTIONAL DISGUISE
IT IS BUT FITTING THAT I DEDICATE THIS BOOK.
CONTENTS
Etiquette, by Emily Post
2
CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION
I. WHAT IS BEST SOCIETY? II. INTRODUCTIONS III. GREETINGS IV. SALUTATIONS OF
COURTESY V. ON THE STREET AND IN PUBLIC VI. AT PUBLIC GATHERINGS VII.
CONVERSATION VIII. WORDS, PHRASES AND PRONUNCIATION IX. ONE'S POSITION IN THE
COMMUNITY X. CARDS AND VISITS XI. INVITATIONS, ACCEPTANCES AND REGRETS XII. THE
WELL-APPOINTED HOUSE XIII. TEAS AND OTHER AFTERNOON PARTIES XIV. FORMAL
DINNERS XV. DINNER-GIVING WITH LIMITED EQUIPMENT XVI. LUNCHEONS, BREAKFASTS
AND SUPPERS XVII. BALLS AND DANCES XVIII. THE DÉBUTANT