Name/Title
Essential Handbook of Victorian EtiquetteEntry/Object ID
L1997.1.23Description
Professor Thomas Hill was an expert on Victorian etiquette, manners and morals in the late 1800s. He wrote of the "approved methods in speaking and acting in the various relations of life." At the time Hill first wrote the book, Vice President Schyler Colfax (1869-73) wrote "Admirably arranged and handsomely illustrated, forming the most comprehensive and satisfactory work of the kind I have ever seen." Includes introductions, conversation, calling, visiting, eating, parties, traveling, correspondence, courting, weddings and husband and wife duties.
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Victorian customs and manners, etiquette, VictorianBook Details
Author
Hill, Thomas E.Place Published
City
San FranciscoState/Province
CaliforniaDate Published
1994Call No.
ManCus HIISBN
0-912517-12-3Notes
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