Project Gutenberg 2011-11-12 Public domain in the USA. 391 Leslie, Eliza 1787 1858 Leslie, Miss (Eliza) The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book Suggestions to visiters -- The visited -- Tea visiters -- The entrée -- Introductions -- Conduct in the street -- Shopping -- Places of amusement -- Travelling -- Deportment at a hotel -- Hotel dinner -- Ship-board -- Letters -- Presents -- Conversation -- Incorrect words -- Borrowing -- Offences -- Obligations to gentlemen -- Conduct to literary women -- Suggestions to inexperienced authors -- Children -- Decorum in church -- Evening parties -- Miscellanies. Produced by Julia Miller, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners" by Eliza Leslie is a guidebook on etiquette and social behavior written in the mid-19th century. The work serves as a comprehensive manual for women regarding various aspects of social interaction, such as conversation, manners, dress, and conduct in different settings, including visits and public places. It is designed to help young women navigate the complexities of social norms and expectations of the time. The opening of the guide outlines the conventions surrounding visiting and receiving guests, emphasizing the importance of communication about visits to avoid inconvenience. Leslie warns against taking liberties during visits and provides detailed instructions on proper behavior for both hosts and guests. She advises on how to make a visit enjoyable for everyone involved, offers tips for polite conversation, and outlines the duties of both parties to ensure a respectful and pleasant experience. These initial chapters set the stage for a systematic exploration of etiquette that permeates throughout the entire text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Etiquette for women BJ Text Category: How To ... 566984 2025-07-15T11:10:30.820843 text/html 572034 2021-01-08T06:43:20 text/html 310202 2025-07-15T11:10:40.550762 application/epub+zip 313730 2025-07-15T11:10:34.461787 application/epub+zip 300423 2025-07-15T11:10:33.031813 application/epub+zip 608750 2025-07-15T11:10:45.399826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558114 2025-07-15T11:10:39.527764 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514388 2022-09-17T11:10:37.820255 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 524834 2025-07-15T11:10:29.912832 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 524731 2021-01-08T06:43:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 524722 2021-01-08T06:43:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21233 2025-07-15T11:10:45.552262 application/rdf+xml 19825 2025-07-15T11:10:33.585802 image/jpeg 4343 2025-07-15T11:10:33.327832 image/jpeg 201785 2021-01-08T06:43:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 212362 2021-01-08T06:43:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 201718 2021-01-08T06:43:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 290084 2025-07-15T11:10:30.867823 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia