Vintage Etiquette

[nessachan]

You may have heard me mention before my extreme fondness for vintage etiquette books. I probably have a dozen or more of them, but was delighted to discover this afternoon that a great many antique and vintage etiquette books are available online in their completion.

This evening I was reading a delightful one called The Behavior Book by Eliza

Comments

[xymotik]

A fascinating find! I especially enjoyed the chapter about travel on ship-board.

Obligatory typical modern reaction to the first excerpt: "OMG! How would you ever do any networking that way?"