18 Tips From Old Etiquette Books
Etiquette was a booming business in the 19th-century. Industrialization
meant that people were moving between places and classes in a way they
hadn't before, and there was a great demand for guidance on how to fit
into the social circles that they had either gotten themselves into, or
wanted to get into.
Hundreds of etiquette books were published in this period, and they all
had something to say about how to use language. Here are 18 perfectly
charming rules on how to
converse properly culled from 19th century etiquette books.
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