1870 The Bazar BOOK OF DECORUM, 1st Edition, Manners Etiquette Ceremonials etc.

Description: This is a fascinating look at manners in the 1800's, "The BAZAR BOOK OF DECORUM - The Care of the Person Manners, Etiquette, and Ceremonials." 1870 1st edition; Harper & Brothers; New York. From an 1870 book review in "The Atlantic": "...composed in the most elegant language that could be got in the dictionary, and overflowing with fashionable knowledge. The style is really a marvel of genius and learning, and places the ordinary objects in thought and nature in a light so novel and surprising that you feel the freshest interest in them." Here are some examples of the contents: The peculiar necessity for Americans to cultivate politeness; The obligation to cultivate beauty; American looks; The Skin; Hair Cutting; Grayness; Squinting; The morbid phase of fashion; Ear wax; Use of tobacco; How to beautify the hand; Care of the nails; Warts; The proper form of the shoe; Sweating of the feet; Ugly tricks of expression and gesture; A wriggling nose; The success of ugly men; Excessive fatness and thinness; Dancing; Proper exercise; Propriety of posture; Fault of American walk; Laughter; Blushing; The disguises of age; Too much hair; Artificial odors; Discreet use of the eye; The Fashion of eye-glasses; Fast girls; Winking; Sleeping in company; Purity of speech; Exaggeration of American talk; The defects of the American voice; Ugly noises with the mouth; Hand shaking; Salutations; Overdressed women; Stove-pipe hats and dress-coats; Importance of the manner of eating food; Etiquette of the luncheon; Ancient and modern hospitality; Treatment of servants; Etiquette of visits and cards; The use of the "Sir" and "Madam"; Nicknames; Visits to the President; Candle parties; Etiquette and ceremony of marriages...and much more.

Price: 80 USD

Location: Merrimack, New Hampshire

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