THOUGHTS, HINTS, AND ANECDOTES CONCERNING SOCIAL OBSERVANCES
NICE POINTS OF TASTE AND GOOD MANNERS; AND THE ART
OF MAKING ONE'S-SELF AGREEABLE. THE WHOLE INTER-

SPERSED WITH HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS OF SOCIAL

PREDICAMENTS; REMARKS ON THE HISTORY

AND CHANGES OF FASHION; AND THE

DIFFERENCES OF ENGLISH AND

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CONTENTS.

PREFACE,

THE LADY'S PREFACE,

THOUGHTS ON SOCIETY AND THE SPIRIT OF SOCIAL OBSERVANCES,

MANNERS:

How can they be acquired?
Different means investigated.
Necessity of some Guide.

2. Vulgar Society, distinguished

by pretension; Gentility; Ser
vility; Overscrupulousness;
Assumption of Refinement in
Language and in Habits.

Ancient and Modern Authori- 3. Dangerous Society:

ties on Manners.

The true principle of Manners.

What is Society?

The necessity of Social Inter-

course.

THREE CLASSES OF BAD

SOCIETY:

1. Low Society, distinguished by

Familiarity.

Sketch of English Society from

the Sixteenth Century.

Rise and present position of the
Middle Classes.

THE REQUISITES OF GOOD

SOCIETY:

1. Good Breeding.

2. Education.

3. Cultivation of Taste.

Anecdotes of Extreme Famili-4. Reason.

arity in the last Three Centu- 5. The Art of Speech.

ries.

Familiarity from want of Re-
spect; from Coarseness; from
Shyness; from Curiosity.

6.

A Knowledge of English Litera

ture.

7. Moral Character.

8. Temper.