Florence Howe Hall’s Good Form for All Occasions is a manual of manners, dress, and entertainment for both men and women. It guides the reader through the etiquette of social life, with attention to appropriate attire for every event, from morning calls to formal evenings.
A daughter of Julia Ward Howe and a noted authority on etiquette, Hall treats correct dress as inseparable from good breeding and social ease. The book captures the codes of polite society at the turn of the twentieth century. A comprehensive guide to manners and dress, it is available here as a free EPUB download.