The best etiquette book of the Civil War period is combined with a dictionary of vulgarisms and illustrated from Godey's Lady's books and with men's uniforms of the period.

Civil War Era Etiquette: Martine's Handbook & Vulgarisms in Conversation

Politics & Social Sciences

Arthur Martine

Shep, R. L.

Social Sciences

R. L. Shep

Excerpt from Martine's Hand-Book of Etiquette and Guide to True Politeness: A Complete Manual for Those Who Desire to Understand the Rules of Good Breeding, the Customs of Good Society, and to Avoid Incorrect and Vulgar Habits I shall not go so far; but hardly know what we should think of a sportsman who would attempt to bring down a bird before he had loaded his gun. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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