Manners and social usages /
by Mrs. John Sherwood.

Description

Main Author

Sherwood, M. E. W. (Mary Elizabeth Wilson), 1826-1903.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Harper & Brothers, 1887.

Edition

New and enl. ed. /

Subjects

Etiquette.
Gilt edges (Binding) > Gilt edges (Binding) / United States > Gilt edges (Binding) / United States / 19th century.
Silver tooled bindings (Binding) > Silver tooled bindings (Binding) / United States > Silver tooled bindings (Binding) / United States / 19th century.
Gold tooled bindings (Binding) > Gold tooled bindings (Binding) / United States > Gold tooled bindings (Binding) / United States / 19th century.
Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) > Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) / United States > Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) / United States / 19th century.

Summary

Etiquette manuals are an important sources of information on ballrooms and social dance during the nineteenth-century. Sherwood's book is an exceptional source for etiquette as it was practiced in the late 1880s. Additionally, of the book's fifty-nine chapters, two are devoted to dancing and balls.

Physical Description

487 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Locate a Print Version

Find in a library

Viewability