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
Also published under titles: The habits of good society and Sensible etiquette and good manners of ...
This manual was originally published in 1864 with subsequent editions in 1865, 1866, and 1868 when t...
The full title of this book as listed on the title page is Social Culture: An Up-to-Date Book for P...
The nineteenth century witnessed a vast increase in the publication of advice manuals in many fields...
The format for this manual is typical of nineteenth-century dance treatises. It begins with a short ...
This is one of several manuals credited to the well-known American inventor, Elias Howe. Like many n...
Like other nineteenth-century dance manuals, this is a compilation of earlier writings. The book pro...
Although much of the material in this manual is borrowed from the dance writings of Charles Durang, ...
This manual is typical of books that were assembled by publishers to be disseminated to a broad mass...
Republished under titles: The ladies' and gentlemen's etiquette book, 1879, and Sensible etiquette a...
Like many other nineteenth-century dance manuals, much of the material in The ball-room guide is not...
In a rapidly growing consumer market for etiquette manuals during the nineteenth century, this is an...
This book is a volume dedicated to the explanation of American etiquette, with some consideration gi...
This manual, small enough to fit into a pocket, declares that it contains "all the information which...
This manual is a compilation of previously published materials and its contents are typical of simil...
Also published under titles: The habits of good society and Sensible etiquette and good manners of ...
This manual was originally published in 1864 with subsequent editions in 1865, 1866, and 1868 when t...
The full title of this book as listed on the title page is Social Culture: An Up-to-Date Book for P...
The nineteenth century witnessed a vast increase in the publication of advice manuals in many fields...
The format for this manual is typical of nineteenth-century dance treatises. It begins with a short ...
This is one of several manuals credited to the well-known American inventor, Elias Howe. Like many n...
Like other nineteenth-century dance manuals, this is a compilation of earlier writings. The book pro...
Although much of the material in this manual is borrowed from the dance writings of Charles Durang, ...
This manual is typical of books that were assembled by publishers to be disseminated to a broad mass...
Republished under titles: The ladies' and gentlemen's etiquette book, 1879, and Sensible etiquette a...
Like many other nineteenth-century dance manuals, much of the material in The ball-room guide is not...
In a rapidly growing consumer market for etiquette manuals during the nineteenth century, this is an...
This book is a volume dedicated to the explanation of American etiquette, with some consideration gi...
This manual, small enough to fit into a pocket, declares that it contains "all the information which...
This manual is a compilation of previously published materials and its contents are typical of simil...
Also published under titles: The habits of good society and Sensible etiquette and good manners of ...
This manual was originally published in 1864 with subsequent editions in 1865, 1866, and 1868 when t...
The full title of this book as listed on the title page is Social Culture: An Up-to-Date Book for P...