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Excerpt from Modern Etiquette in Public and Private: Including Society at Large, the Etiquette of Weddings, the Ball-Room, the Dinner-Table, the Toilet, &C, &C Etiquette is a subject of universal importance, for it furnishes a guide to the regulation of conduct. Every social event is governed by certain laws, a knowledge of which saves all occa sion for doubt. Much time would be lost in consideration were there no kind of precedent to appeal to, so that the existence of these rules saves an infinite amount of trouble. There are many people who affect to despise etiquette, but no one can help feeling a secret interest in the subject. There are few people who will not laugh at the idea Of reading a book upon manners; yet start a question about etiquette in general society and it is quite curious to see how it will revive a drooping conversation. Every one has something to contribute to the subject, precedent is appealed to, and past customs com pared with new. 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.