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The Principles of the Art of Conversation

by J. P. Mahaffy

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  1. 1Dedication — Preface
  2. 2Analysis
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4Subjective Side — Physical Conditions
  5. 5Mental Conditions — Special Knowledge
  6. 6General Knowledge
  7. 7Intellectual Quickness
  8. 8Moral Conditions — Modesty
  9. 9Moral Conditions — Simplicity
  10. 10Moral Conditions — Shyness Reserve
  11. 11Unselfishness
  12. 12Sympathy
  13. 13Moral Conditions — Tact
  14. 14Conditions Too General — Moral Worth and Truthfulness
  15. 15Conditions Too Special — Wit and Humour
  16. 16Humour
  17. 17Objective Conditions. The Company — Its Number
  18. 18Talking With a Few
  19. 19With Many
  20. 20The Quality of the Company
  21. 21Talking With Superiors
  22. 22With Inferiors
  23. 23The Relations of Sex and Age
  24. 24Degrees of Intimacy
  25. 25The Topics of Conversation — Serious and Trivial
  26. 26The Topics of Conversation — General and Personal
  27. 27Topics of Conversation — Modes of Treatment
  28. 28Epilogue

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