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  THE

  LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE,

  AND

  MANUAL OF POLITENESS.

  A COMPLETE HAND BOOK FOR THE USE OF THE LADY IN POLITE SOCIETY.

  CONTAINING

  FULL DIRECTIONS FOR CORRECT MANNERS, DRESS, DEPORTMENT, AND CONVERSATION;
  RULES FOR THE DUTIES OF BOTH HOSTESS AND GUEST
  IN MORNING RECEPTIONS, DINNER COMPANIES, VISITING, EVENING
  PARTIES AND BALLS; A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR LETTER
  WRITING AND CARDS OF COMPLIMENT; HINTS
  ON MANAGING SERVANTS, ON THE PRESERVATION
  OF HEALTH, AND ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

  AND ALSO

  USEFUL RECEIPTS FOR THE COMPLEXION, HAIR, AND WITH HINTS
  AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE CARE OF THE WARDROBE.

  BY

  FLORENCE HARTLEY,

  AUTHOR OF THE "LADIES' HAND BOOK OF FANCY AND ORNAMENTAL WORK."

  BOSTON:
  G. W. COTTRELL, PUBLISHER,
  36 Cornhill.


  Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by

  G. G. EVANS,

  in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of
  Pennsylvania.




INTRODUCTION.


In preparing a book of etiquette for ladies, I would lay down as the
first rule, "Do unto others as