In numbered rules, this pocket handbook tells a nineteenth-century lady how to behave: who should be introduced to whom, when to recognise an acquaintance in the street, how to dress, how to converse without tattling, how to pay and receive visits, and how to conduct herself in the ballroom. Its advice is brisk, practical and sometimes unexpectedly sensible.
A charming period document of manners for readers of social history and Victorian fiction alike. Download the free EPUB.