title: Etiquette Rules!: A Field Guide to Modern Manners
author:  Nancy R. Mitchell 
description: <DIV>"<I>Etiquette Rules</I>&#160;is an excellent general primer for a young woman entering the workplace."</DIV><B><I> - The New York Times</B></I><br /><br /><DIV>"In a world where reading news headlines would have you believe it has gone to hell in a hand-basket, it is nice to see someone making the effort to uphold some common civility and manners which, though they might be updated now for same-sex weddings, work cubicles or food trucks, are never out of style."</DIV><B><I> - DearAuthor.com</B></I>
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  # The Laws of Etiquette
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### A Gentleman
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PREFACE
  
  
  INTRODUCTION
  
  
  CHAPTER I. GOOD BREEDING.
  
  
  CHAPTER II. DRESS.
  
  
  CHAPTER III. SALUTATIONS.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. THE DRAWING-ROOM. COMPANY.
  
  
  CONVERSATION.
  
  
  CHAPTER V. THE ENTRANCE INTO SOCIETY.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. LETTERS.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. VISITS.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. APPOINTMENTS AND PUNCTUALITY.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. DINNER.
  
  
  CHAPTER X. TRAVELLING.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. BALLS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. FUNERALS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. SERVANTS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. FASHION.
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. MISCELLANEOUS.
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
  This eBook was produced by Holly Ingraham
  
  
  
      
  
  
  THE
  
  
  LAWS OF ETIQUETTE;
  
  
  or,
  
  
  Short Rules and Reflections
  
  
  for
  
  
  CONDUCT IN SOCIETY.
  
  
  BY A GENTLEMAN.
  
  
  PHILADELPHIA:
  
  
  1836.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### PREFACE
  
  
  
  
  
    
  The author of the present volume has endeavoured to embody, in as
  
  
  short a space as possible, some of the results of his own experience
  
  
  an