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How to Behave and How to Amuse

by George H. Sandison

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introductions
  3. 3Bowing and Salutations
  4. 4Calls and Calling Cards
  5. 5Style of Cards
  6. 6Cards for Ladies
  7. 7Men’s Dress
  8. 8A Young Lady’s Début
  9. 9Dinner Parties
  10. 10How to Set the Dinner Table
  11. 11The Wine Question
  12. 12Notes for Diners
  13. 13Breakfasts, Luncheons, Teas and Suppers
  14. 14Luncheons
  15. 15The Kettle-Drum
  16. 16“High Teas”
  17. 17Dancing
  18. 18Wedding Etiquette
  19. 19Church Weddings
  20. 20Wedding Breakfasts
  21. 21Home Weddings and Private Weddings
  22. 22Wedding Gifts and Other Gifts
  23. 23Wedding Anniversaries
  24. 24Notes About Weddings
  25. 25New Year’s Day Calls
  26. 26Christenings and Birthdays
  27. 27Mourning Etiquette
  28. 28The Etiquette of Correspondence
  29. 29Behavior in Church
  30. 30Various Points on Deportment
  31. 31Faulty Social Training
  32. 32Tactful Hostesses
  33. 33A Young Girl’s Social Life
  34. 34Innocent and Sinful Pleasures
  35. 35Treatment of Servants
  36. 36Management of the Hands
  37. 37Posing for Effect
  38. 38Winking and Dozing in Public
  39. 39Beautifying the Hands
  40. 40Causes of Deformed Feet
  41. 41Care of the Teeth
  42. 42Awkwardness in Sitting
  43. 43About Blushing
  44. 44Stray Hints
  45. 45Make Home Attractive
  46. 46A Sunny Temper
  47. 47Value of Female Society to Man
  48. 48Home Maxims
  49. 49True Politeness
  50. 50Mock Modesty
  51. 51The Art of Conversation
  52. 52When “Small-Talk” Is Timely
  53. 53Monopolizing Talkers
  54. 54A Point on Being Well Dressed
  55. 55Enjoy Your Youth
  56. 56The Superior Hostess
  57. 57A Useful Hint
  58. 58The Dancing Egg
  59. 59The Old Family Coach
  60. 60The Game of Quotations
  61. 61Crambo
  62. 62Pictured Quotations
  63. 63Cross Questions
  64. 64The Game of Rhymes
  65. 65The Five-Straw Puzzle
  66. 66French Rhymes
  67. 67Where’s Your Letter Going?
  68. 68The Divided Pear
  69. 69The Game of Bouquet
  70. 70The All-Around Story Game
  71. 71Tongue-Twisters
  72. 72To Balance a Pencil on Its Point
  73. 73My Grandfather’s Trunk
  74. 74How, When and Where
  75. 75To Drive a Needle Through a Cent
  76. 76Proverbs
  77. 77Tossing the Rings
  78. 78Magic Figures
  79. 79The Force of the Breath
  80. 80Hunt the Ring
  81. 81Shadow Buff
  82. 82Magic Music
  83. 83Going to Jerusalem
  84. 84Bean-Bags
  85. 85Throwing the Handkerchief
  86. 86Blind-Man’s Buff
  87. 87A Queer Candlestick
  88. 88To Weigh a Letter With a Broomstick
  89. 89The Tailless Donkey
  90. 90Boston
  91. 91What Is Your Age?
  92. 92What, Sir? Me, Sir?
  93. 93Horse
  94. 94Rooster
  95. 95Consequences
  96. 96Mesmerizing
  97. 97Guessing Eyes and Noses
  98. 98Beast, Bird or Fish
  99. 99Truth
  100. 100Needles and Pins Made to Float
  101. 101Hit or Miss
  102. 102Going Shopping
  103. 103The Three Matches
  104. 104To Spin a Cent Upon a Needle Point
  105. 105Counting Apple-seeds
  106. 106Spin the Plate
  107. 107Lighting the Candle
  108. 108A Problem in Gymnastics
  109. 109Redeeming Forfeits
  110. 110The Game of Location
  111. 111The Game of Clumps
  112. 112Ant and Cricket
  113. 113Gussing Characters
  114. 114The Magic Candle Extinguisher
  115. 115The Broken Mirror
  116. 116A Parlor Zoetrope
  117. 117A Wonderful Pin
  118. 118Shadows on the Wall
  119. 119The Rotation of the Globe
  120. 120Through the Water Dry
  121. 121Hanging Without a Cord
  122. 122The Magic Scorpion
  123. 123Amusing the Children
  124. 124Games of Arithmetic
  125. 125Another Way
  126. 126A Third Way
  127. 127A Fourth Way
  128. 128How to Tell Numbers Thought of
  129. 129Gold and Silver Game
  130. 130The Number Bag
  131. 131The Mystical Number Nine
  132. 132The Magic Hundred
  133. 133To Guess the Missing Figure
  134. 134The King and the Counselor
  135. 135The Nails in the Horse’s Shoe
  136. 136The Dinner Party Puzzle
  137. 137Basket and Stones
  138. 138Living Pictures
  139. 139I — Dignity and Impudence
  140. 140Ii. the Fortune-Teller
  141. 141Iii. Faith
  142. 142Iv. Hope
  143. 143V — Charity
  144. 144Vi. Single Life
  145. 145Vii. the Sailor’s Farewell
  146. 146Viii. Home Again
  147. 147Various Tableaux
  148. 148The Waxworks Gallery
  149. 149I — The Chinese Giant
  150. 150Ii. the Two-Headed Girl
  151. 151Iii. the Sewing Woman
  152. 152Iv. Captain Kidd and His Victim
  153. 153V — The Siamese Twins
  154. 154Vi. the Celebrated Dwarf
  155. 155Vii. the Vocalist
  156. 156Viii. The Yankee
  157. 157Ix. the Cannibal
  158. 158X — Babes in the Wood
  159. 159Xi. Little Red Riding-Hood
  160. 160Xii. Lady With Golden Locks
  161. 161Optical Illusions
  162. 162A Magic Lantern Trick
  163. 163The Phantasmagoria
  164. 164Chinese Shadows
  165. 165A Wonderful Mirror
  166. 166The Disappearing Paper
  167. 167Multiplied Money
  168. 168Sleight of Hand
  169. 169The Juggler’s Lunch
  170. 170Ring and Ribbon
  171. 171The Changing Ball Trick
  172. 172A Sensitive Goblet
  173. 173To Light a Candle by Smoke
  174. 174The Magic Re-illumination
  175. 175Fascinated by a Feather
  176. 176The Moving Ball
  177. 177The Paper Furnace
  178. 178Storm and Calm
  179. 179The Knotted Thread
  180. 180The Imps of the Bottle
  181. 181The Bird in the Box
  182. 182The Multiplying Mirror
  183. 183The Half-dollar Upheld
  184. 184The Bowing Beau
  185. 185The Vanishing Wafers
  186. 186The Cut Lace Joined
  187. 187Vanishing Dime
  188. 188The Adhesive Stick
  189. 189The Magic Thread
  190. 190The Long Pudding
  191. 191The Changeable Watch
  192. 192The Vanishing Ring
  193. 193The Handkerchief Trick
  194. 194The Canary in the Egg
  195. 195The Money Box Trick
  196. 196A Startling Metamorphosis
  197. 197A Volcano Under Water
  198. 198The Magic Spoon
  199. 199Magic Dyes
  200. 200Incombustible Paper
  201. 201Visible and Invisible Portraits
  202. 202The Dancing Egg
  203. 203To Put an Egg in a Bottle
  204. 204The Ice Candle
  205. 205The Changing-Colored Ribbon
  206. 206Consulting the Oracle
  207. 207The Witch’s Cave
  208. 208The Four Elements
  209. 209Phosphoric Oyster Shells
  210. 210Flaming Phosphorus
  211. 211A Mask of Flame
  212. 212A Miniature River on Fire
  213. 213The Illuminator and Extinguisher
  214. 214To Light a Candle by a Glass of Water
  215. 215Punch and Judy
  216. 216The “Art” Exhibition
  217. 217Exhibition of the Works of Living Artists Catalogue
  218. 218Explanation
  219. 219Conjuring With Coin
  220. 220Passes
  221. 221Palming
  222. 222The Vanishing Trick
  223. 223Heads or Tails
  224. 224Odd or Even; or, the Mysterious Addition
  225. 225To Rub One Dime Into Three
  226. 226The Capital Q.
  227. 227The Wandering Dime
  228. 228The Magic Cover and Vanishing Pennies
  229. 229The Pepper-Box, for Vanishing Money
  230. 230A Nest of Boxes
  231. 231The Ball of Berlin Wool
  232. 232Miscellaneous Tricks
  233. 233The Lemon Pig
  234. 234The Seasick Passenger
  235. 235The Enchanted Raisins
  236. 236The Demon Lump of Sugar
  237. 237The Mysterious Production
  238. 238The Family Giant
  239. 239The Animated Telescope
  240. 240“The What-do-you-Think?”
  241. 241The Giraffe
  242. 242The Dwarf
  243. 243The Two Hats
  244. 244The Knight of the Whistle
  245. 245“He Can Do Little”
  246. 246“Throwing Light”
  247. 247Multiplying Shadows
  248. 248The Vanishing Knots
  249. 249The Dancing Sailor
  250. 250Conundrums and Riddles
  251. 251Conundrums
  252. 252Enigmas
  253. 253Answers to Conundrums, Enigmas, Etc.
  254. 254Rebusses
  255. 255Anagrams
  256. 256Logogriphs
  257. 257Solutions to Rebusses
  258. 258Solutions to Anagrams
  259. 259Solutions to Logogriphs
  260. 260Charades
  261. 261Juvenile Games
  262. 262The Cook Who Doesn’t Like Peas
  263. 263Word-making
  264. 264The “Young Folks’ Concert”
  265. 265Mary’s Little Lamb
  266. 266Funny Outlines

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