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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals

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The laws of etiquette; or, Short rules and reflections for conduct in society. By a gentleman.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1836.

SUMMARY
In a rapidly growing consumer market for etiquette manuals during the nineteenth century, this is an example of a manual that attempts to reinforce the authority of its contents by suggesting legal foundations in its title as well as the qualifications of its author, in this case "A Gentleman." The straightforward chapters include "Good Breeding," "Dress," "Balls," and "Funerals." Reissued throughout the 1840s, much of the manual is a paraphrasing of earlier texts.

SUBJECTS
Etiquette.

MEDIUM
2 p.l., 9-172 p. 14 cm.

CALL NUMBER
BJ1852 .L28

DIGITAL ID
musdi 242 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.242

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