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| author | title | pub date | lang | who | other | |
| Wilson, Thomas | The Address; or An Essay on Deportment; as chiefly relating to the person in dancing: introductions and observations On the proper Mode of making the bow and courtesy; On the taking off and putting on the hat; On entering and on leaving a Room; On Walking; On Standing; On the use and carriage of the Arms; On the Carriage and Motion of the Body; On the Motion and Carriage of the Head; On the presenting of any thing by one person to another; On Affectation in Dancing; On the Execution of the Feet in Quadrilles and general Dancing; Quadrilles and Country Dance Figures, compared as to their Beauty and Form; On the Deportment of the Person in Quadrille Dancing and Waltzing; On Salutation at Meeting and at taking Leave &c. Illustrated by Diagrams. By Thomas Wilson, Teacher of Dancing, from the King's Theatre, Opera House; Author of several Works on Dancing &c. | 1821 | E | jpr | London, 1821, the author. | |
| Arthur, T.S. | Advice to young ladies excerpts | 1858 | E | O | Pipestone,MN 1995 Laser Writers excerpts reprinted in Melcher, Etiquette for every occasion | |
| Carpenter, D. L. | The Amateur's-Preceptor on Dance & Etiquette by Prof. D. L. Carpenter of Philadelphia. | 1854 | E | jpr | M'laughlin brothers, steam-power printers, bulletin building, Philadelphia. | |
| na | American book of genteel behavior | 1875 | E | P | New York 1875 Hurst (PJP) | |
| Houghton, Walter R. et al. | American etiquette and rules of politeness | 1882 | E | P | Chicago 1882c Rand, McNally 6th ed. Ball section copied. Cover loose. | |
| Lunettes, Henry | American gentleman's guide to politeness and fashion | 1857 | E | HP | New York 1857 Derby & Jackson Dress section copied. (HUW-H5078.57.9) | |
| na | American ladies' memorial | 1850 | E | P | Boston 1850 Cornhill (PJP) (PJPx) | |
| Leland, Charles G. | Art of conversation (selections reprinted in Civil War Etiquette) | 1864 | E | O | New York 1988 Carleton (PJP) Selections reprinted in Civil War Etiquette | |
| Society of Gentlemen | Art of conversing | 1849 | E | P | Boston 1849 James French | |
| Huestis & Cozans, publ. | The Art Of Good Behavior And Letter Writer... | 1850 | E | R | N.Y. | |
| na | Art of good behaviour | 1845 | E | S | New York 1848 Huestis (OSV) (PJPxb) | |
| na | Art of pleasing | 1852 | E | P | Cincinnati 1853 Rulison | |
| Manners, Mrs. | At home and abroad or, how to behave | 1864 | E | P | New York 1864 D. Appleton Intended for children | |
| Seaton, Mr. J | The Ballroom Manual and Etiquette of Dancing | 1851 | E | Tr | 1851, Halifax, Milner and Sowerby | |
| na | Bazar book of decorum | 1870 | E | P | New York 1870c Harper & bros. Covers loose, ball section copied | |
| na | Beadle's dime book of practical etiquette | 1859 | E | Hp | New York 1859 Beadle (PJPx)(HUW-H5078.59.5) | |
| Leslie, Miss (Eliza) | Behaviour book | 1854 | E | S | Philadelphia 1854 Hazard 4 ed. (OSV)(PJPxb) | |
| Leslie, Miss (Eliza) | Behaviour book: a manual for ladies | 1853 | E | P | Philadelphia 1853 Hazard 3 ed. (PJP) | |
| Aresty, Esther B. | Best behavior | 1970 | E | P | New York 1970 Simon & Schuster (PJP) | |
| na | Best dressed man | 1892 | E | P | London 1892 Dore (PJP) | |
| Bobbitt, Mary R. | Bibliography of etiquette books published in America before 1900 | 1947 | E | Sp | New York 1947 NY Public Library (OSV)(PJPx) | |
| Lane, Harriet | Book of Culture | 1922 | E | P | New York 1922c Social Mentor | |
| Eichler, Lillian | Book of etiquette | 1921 | E | PT | Garden City, NY 1923 Nelson Doubleday 2 vols. | |
| Eichler, Lillian | The Book Of Etiquette | 1925 | E | R | N.Y. | |
| Hale, Virginia S. | Book of etiquette | 1923 | E | P | New York 1923 Dell Cover det. | |
| Green, W.C. | Book of good manners | 1922 | E | P | New York 1922c Social Mentor | |
| na | Canons of good breeding | 1839 | E | S | Philadelphia 1841 Lea & Blanchard (OSV) (PJPxb) | |
| Starrett, Helen E. | Charm of fine manners, being a series of letters to a daughter | 1907 | E | P | Philadelphia 1920 Lippincott (PJP) | |
| na | Chesterfield's art of letter-writing simplified | 1857 | E | P | Evansville, IN 1857 Crescent City. Also rev 1860. | |
| Vanderbilt, Amy | Complete book of Etiquette | 1952 | E | T | 1952, reprint 1958, NY, Doubleday & Co. | |
| Rives, Halle E. | Complete book of etiquette with social forms for all occasions | 1926 | E | P | Philadelphia 1926 Winston (PJP) | |
| na | Complete Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemen | xxxx | E | P | London n.d. Ward, Lock & Co. Spine loose | |
| Brown, Charles W. | Complete letter writer | xxxx | E | P | Chicago n.d. M.A.Donohue Spine broken | |
| Hillgrove, Thomas | A complete practical guide to the art of dancing. Containing descriptions of all fashionable and approved dances, full directions for calling the figures, the amount of music required; hints on etiquette, the toilet, etc. | 1863 | E | JLPR | #293 New York, Dick & Fitzgerald 1863. New York dancing master Hillgrove acknowledges that he has "availed himself of all the books from which he might elicit any valuable information." Indeed, very little of the manual is original. Divided into six parts, Hillgrove discusses the benefits of dance, dress, deportment and etiquette in the ballroom and the supper room. The second part focuses on bows and courtesies, positions of the feet, and provides exercises for the feet and legs. The third and fourth parts discuss the quadrille and provide many figures; the fifth part is devoted to round dances such as the waltz, polka, schottisch, galop, and polka mazurka. The last section focuses on more quadrille figures and other group dances such as the "Virginia Reel," "Money Musk," and College Hornpipe. 237 p 17 cm;LOC: GV1751.H63 | |
| na | Complete Rules of Etiquette | 860x | E | O | 1860 Bound with: Chesterfield's...Letter Writing | |
| Bergh, Lillie d'A.. | Correct social usage | 1907 | E | H | New York N.Y. Society of Self-Culture (HUW-H5079.03.12) also 1909 | |
| Hall, Florence H. | Correct thing in good society | 1902 | E | P | Boston 1902c Page | |
| Smith, Matthew Hale | Counsels Addressed To Young Ladies And Young Men | 1847 | E | R | Boston | |
| Webster, Alfred Mrs. | Dancing, as a means of physical education; with remarks on deformities, and their prevention and cure. By Mrs. Alfred Webster | 1851 | E | Lj | #165 London, D. Bogue 1851. In her strong defense of dance and its application to female physical education, Mrs. Webster declares that dancing, as a exercise, "is the very best safeguard against the evils of over mental education." While she approves of calisthenics and various mechanical apparatus-including swings and pulleys and a "prone couch"-she delivers a stinging rebuke regarding the wearing of corsets. 56 p. 22 cm.;LOC: GV1599.W5 | |
| Gaskell, Ethel | Dancing Do's and Don't's | 1925 | E | T | 1925, London, Methuen & Company, Ltd. | |
| na | Daughter's own book | 1833 | E | S | Boston 1833 Lilly, Wait (OSV) (PJPxb) | |
| Macdonald, Gerard | Dear Prudence | 1985 | E | P | London 1985c Century Pub. | |
| na | Decorum, a practical treatise on etiquette and dress... | 1877 | E | P | New York 1879 Ruth (PJP) (PJPxb) | |
| Trollope, Frances | Domestic Manners of the Americans, Fifth ed. | 1839 | E | P | 1839 | |
| Sloane, Eric | Don't: A Little Book of Early American Gentility | 1968 | E | T | 1968, NY, Funk & Wagnalls | |
| Bernier, Oliver | The Eighteenth-century Woman | 1981 | E | T | 1981, NY, Doubleday Co., Inc. in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY | |
| Holt, Emily | Encyclopaedia of etiquette | 1901 | E | PR | Garden City, NY also 1915 Doubleday (PJP) | |
| na | Encyclopedia of manners and etiquette | 1850 | E | P | London 1850 H.G. Bohn | |
| Morton, Agnes H. | Etiquette | 1892 | E | P | Philadelphia 1911 Penn Pub Co. rev. ed. (PJP) | |
| Willis, Henry P. | Etiquette, and the usages of society | 1860 | E | HP | New York 1860 Dick. Also reprint 1997. | |
| Kingsland, Mrs. Burton | Etiquette for all occasions | 1901 | E | P | New York 1901 Doubleday, Page & Co. | |
| Chesterfield, Mortimer | Etiquette for every occasion | 1916 | E | P | Chicago 1916c Shrewesbury | |
| Melcher, Joy, Comp. | Etiquette for every occasion | 1995 | E | P | Pipestone, MN 1995c Laser Writers Contains Arthur excerpts and Anon (Routledge's) | |
| Thornborough, Laura | Etiquette for everybody | 1923 | E | P | New York 1923c Barse | |
| A Gentleman | Etiquette for gentlemen | 1839 | E | H | Philadelphia 1839 Lindsay & Blakiston (HUW)(PJPxb) | |
| na | Etiquette for ladies | 1838 | E | S | Philadelphia 1838 Carey, Lea & Blanchard (OSV) (PJPxb) | |
| Post, Emily | Etiquette in society, in business, in politics and at home | 1922 | E | P | New York 1923 Funk & Wagnalls. Also reprint 1943. Also reprint 1969. | |
| na | Etiquette letter-writer | 1864 | E | P | Philadelphia 1864 Lippincott Cover loose, some pages det. | |
| na | Etiquette of modern society | xxxx | E | P | London n.d. Ward, Lock Binding loose | |
| Klickman, Flora | Etiquette of to-day | 1916 | E | P | London n.d. Office of Girl's Own (PJP) | |
| Ordway, Edith B. | Etiquette of today | 1913 | E | P | New York 1913 Sully & Kleinteich | |
| D'Orsay, Alfred | Etiquette; or a guide to the usages of society | 1843 | E | HRSp | Philadelphia 1843 Peterson (HUW-H5078.43.3) | |
| na | Etiquette, politeness, and good breeding | xxxx | E | H | Glasgow n.d. Cameron & Ferguson (HUW-H5078.70) | |
| na | Etiquette, Rules and Usages of the best Society | 1886 | E | P | Promotional Reprint 1995 Leicester (Abridged(?) facsimile of Melbourne original, t.p. omitted) | |
| M.C. | Everybody's book of correct conduct | xxxx | E | P | London n.d. Saxon Cover loose | |
| Learned, Ellin C | Everybody's complete etiquette | 1923 | E | P | New York 1923 Stokes (PJP) | |
| Aldrich, Elizabeth | From the Ballroom to Hell - Grace and Folly in Nineteenth Century Dance | 1991 | E | JP | Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Illinois. pp 225;LOC: GV1619.A43 | |
| Rivers, Charles H. | A full description of modern dances. By C. H. Rivers | 1885 | E | Lr | #146 Brooklyn 1885. Unlike earlier manuals that contained detailed information on etiquette, this manual reflects the trend of late nineteenth-century manuals to shorten or eliminate such information. This manual contains only one-third of a page of etiquette. Dances described include the waltz (with reversing steps), polka, schottisch, polka redowa, polka mazurka, galop, quadrilles, contra dances ("Scilian Circle," "Spanish Dance" and "Rustic Reel"). Thirty-seven figures are given for the popular series of party game figures known as the cotillon or German. 63 p 16 x 13 cm;LOC: GV1751.R62 | |
| Rayne, Mrs. M. L. | Gems of deportment and hints of etiquette | 1880 | E | P | Detroit 1881 Tyler | |
| Bayle-Mouillard, Elisabeth F. | The gentleman and lady's book of politeness and propriety of deportment | 1833 | E | S | Boston 1833 Allen & Ticknor (OSV) | |
| T. W. Strong, publ. | The Gentleman's Fashionable Valentine Writer | 1848c | E | R | N.Y. | |
| A Gentleman | Gentleman's library | 1760 | E | S | London 1760 Browne 5 ed. (OSV)(does not specifically treat ballroom etiq.) | |
| Hartley, Cecil B. | Gentlemen's book of etiquette | 1860 | E | PT | Philadelphia 1860 G.G.Evans Ball. Also rev 1874, Boston, J. S. Locke. | |
| L. A. Godey & Co. | Godey's Lady's Book | 1857 | E | R | Philadelphia | |
| Armstrong, Lucie H. | Good Form | 1889 | E | P | London 1889 White (PJP) | |
| Library, Gail & Ax's Navy | Good Form | 1896 | E | r | N.Y. | |
| Fred'k A. Stokes, publ. | Good Form, Manners Good And Bad... | 1890 | E | R | N.Y. | |
| na | Good girl's soliloquy | xxxx | E | S | New York n.d. Wood (OSV)(does not specifically treat ballroom etiq.) | |
| Sangster, Margaret E. | Good manners for all occasions | 1904 | E | P | New York 1904 Christian Herald | |
| na | Good manners. Metropolitan culture series. | 1889 | E | P | New York 1889 Butterick 3 ed. | |
| Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Henry | Good Morning; Old Fashioned Dancing Revived | 1926 | E | JPRT | Dearborn Publishing Company, Dearborn, Michigan. pp 169 | |
| Howard-Smith, Logan | Good Times At Home | 1909 | E | R | na | |
| Doran, Dr. | Habits and men with remnants of record touching the makers of both | 1855 | E | P | New York 1855 Redfield | |
| na | Habits of good society | 1865 | E | P | New York 1865 Carleton Ball section copied | |
| Martine, Arthur | Handbook of Etiquette | 1866 | E | PT | 1866, NY, Dick & Fitzgerald. Also reprint 1988. | |
| Hill, Thos. E. | Hill's manual of social and business forms | 1873 | E | P | Also rev 1880, 1885. Also reprint 1969, 1971. | |
| Agogoz | Hints on etiquette and the usages of society | 1836 | E | P | London 1947 Turnstile | |
| Day, Charles W. | Hints on etiquette and the usages of society | 1858 | E | H | Boston 1858 Ticknor Also 1844 | |
| Elias, Norbet | The History of Manners | 1978 | E | T | Translation by Edmund Jephcott, 1978, NY, Pantheon | |
| Logan, John A. | Home manual | 1889 | E | P | Boston, MA 1889c A.M.Thayer | |
| na | How to behave | 1856 | E | O | New York n.d. Fowler & Wells (KB)(PJPxb)Bound in: Hand-books for home improvement | |
| Sandison, G.H. | How to behave and how to amuse | 1895 | E | P | Philadelphia 1895c Historical | |
| Milton, Bert | How to Behave in a Ballroom | 1914 | E | RT | 1914, Boston, A.M. Davis Company, in Caffins' book Dancing and Dancers of Today. 1912, NY: Dodd, Mead, & Co. (humor) | |
| Member of Society | How to Do It or, Book of Etiquette | 1898 | E | P | 1898 | |
| na | Illustrated manners book | 1855 | E | H | New York 1855 Stringer & Townsend (HUW)(PJPxb)(PJPxd) | |
| American | Ladies and gentleman's American Etiquette | xxxx | E | P | Boston n.d. J. Buffum | |
| Duffey, E. B. | Ladies and gentleman's etiquette | 1877 | E | P | Philadelphia 1877 Coates (PJP) (PJPxb) | |
| Hartley, Florence | The Ladies' Book of Etiquette | 1860 | E | PT | 1860, Boston, G. W. Cottrell. Also rev 1870, 1873. Also reprint 1993 Davenport, IA Amazon Drygoods | |
| Hartley, Florence | The Ladies' Book Of Etiquette And Manual Of Politeness | 1860 | E | R | Boston | |
| na | Ladies' companion | 1824 | E | PS | Worcester 1824 Spy office. Also rev Brookfield 1826. | |
| James Miller, publ. | The Ladies' Hand-Book Of Etiquette & Manual Of Politeness | 1850c | E | R | NY | |
| F.A. | Ladies' pocket book of etiquette | 1838 | E | H | n.p. 1928 Golden Cockerel (PJPxb)(HUW; H 5078.38.2) | |
| Cabrella, Countess of | Ladies' science of etiquette | 1859 | E | H | Philadelphia n.d. Peterson (HUW-H5078.43.3) | |
| L. A. Godey & Co. | The Lady's Book Repository Of Art, Literature & Fashions | 1831 | E | r | Philadelphia | |
| Thornwell, Emily | The lady's guide to perfect gentility, in manners, dress, and consversation ... also a useful instructor in letter writing | 1857 | E | LT | #241 New York, Derby & Jackson; Cincinnati, H. W. Derby & co., 1857. Etiquette manuals are an important source for information on issues relating to the study of nineteenth-century social dance. Thornwell discusses the complexion, appropriate dress, introductions, behavior at parties, rules "on polite, easy, and graceful deportment," hints for conversation including "words, and sayings to be avoided," and concludes with chapters on needle-work and dress-making. Although much of Thornwell's manual was extracted from E. C. de Calabrella's 1844, The Ladies' Science of Etiquette, the manual was popular enough to be reissued ten times between 1857 and 1890. 226 p 19 cm. Also reprint 1979, San Marino, Ca., Huntington Library.;LOC: BJ1856 .T5 (Toner Coll.) | |
| A Gentleman | The laws of etiquette; or, Short rules and reflections for conduct in society. By a gentleman | 1836 | E | HLSj | #242 Philadelphia, Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1836. 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 to earlier texts. 172 p 14 cm;LOC: BJ1852.L28 | |
| Schlesinger, Arthur M. | Learning how to behave | 1946 | E | P | New York 1946 MacMillan | |
| Doyle, Richard | Manners and customs of the Englishe | xxxx | E | P | London n.d. Bradbury & Evans (PJP) | |
| Attwood, Francis G. | Manners and customs of the Harvard student | 1877 | E | P | Boston 1877 Osgood (PJP) | |
| Member of the aristocracy | Manners and rules of good society | 1896 | E | PR | London. 14 ed. (PJP) | |
| Sherwood, Mrs. John | Manners and social usages | 1907 | E | P | New York Harper & Brothers. Also rev 1912, 1918. Text very different from 19th c. eds. | |
| Sherwood, Mary Elizabeth Wilson (1830-1903) | Manners and social usages, by Mrs. John Sherwood | 1887 | E | L | #237 New York, Harper & brothers, 1887. Etiquette manuals are an important sources of information on ballrooms and social dance during the nineteenth-century. Sherwood's book is an exceptional source for etiquette as it was practiced in the late 1880s. Additionally, of the book's fifty-nine chapters, two are devoted to dancing and balls. 487 p 18 cm. Also rev 1884, 1897.;LOC: BJ1852.S54 1887 | |
| Wells, Richard A. | Manners, culture and dress of the best American society | 1890 | E | PR | Springfield, MA 1891 King, also 1893 | |
| Humphry, Mrs. | Manners for men | 1897 | E | P | Exeter 1979 Webb& Bower Ball section copied | |
| Humphry, Mrs. | Manners for women | 1897 | E | P | Exeter 1979 Webb& Bower Has no dance chapter. | |
| Arsdale, May B. | Manners now and then | 1940 | E | P | New York 1940 Harcourt Brace (PJP) | |
| Hale, Mrs. | Manners, or happy homes and good society... | 1868 | E | O | Boston 1972 Tilton (Brandeis?)(PJPxb) | |
| Eyebright, Daisy | Manual of etiquette with hints on good breeding... | 1876 | E | P | New York 1876 Putnam's (KB)(PJPxb)(PJPxd) | |
| Marennes, M. le vicomte de | Manuel de l'homme et de la femme comme il faut | 1855 | F | H | Paris 1855 Librarie Nouvelle (HUW-H5078.55) | |
| Moyria-Mailla, M. le comte Abel de | Manuel des usages et des manieres adoptes par les personnes... | 1847 | F | H | Paris 1847 Ledoyen (HUW) | |
| Harland, Marion | Marion Harland's complete etiquette | 1905 | E | P | Indianapolis 1914 Bobbs-Merrill | |
| Martine, Arthur | Martine's Hand-Book Of Etiquette & Guide To True Politeness | 1866 | E | R | NY | |
| Lady of distinction | Mirror of the graces | 1811 | E | PS | Mendocino, CA 1997 Shep (Original pub.: London: Crosby) (OSV has 1817 ed.) | |
| Leslie, Miss (Eliza) | Miss Leslie's behaviour book | 1859 | E | H | 1972 (HUW-H5078.59.21) | |
| Countess of ****** | Mixing in society | 1879 | E | P | London & New York 1879 G. Routledge Ball section copied | |
| na | New century perfect speaker | 1901 | E | P | n.p. 1901 Coulter Etiquette section, pp. 413-554 | |
| Young, John H. | Our Deportment, Or The Manners, Conduct & Dress... | 1879 | E | PR | Detroit also 1881, 1882 Dickinson rev. & ill. (PJP)(PJPxb) | |
| Thayer, William M. | Pastor's wedding gift | 1854 | E | P | Boston 1854 Jewett (PJP) | |
| Stewart, Donald Ogden | Perfect Behavior, A Guide For Ladies And Gentlemen... | 1922 | E | PR | New York 1922c Doran. Also reprint New York 1964 Dover. | |
| Bergengren, Ralph | The Perfect Gentleman | 1919 | E | T | 1919, reprint 1967, NY, Books for Libraries | |
| Wildeblood, Joan | The Polite Word | 1965 | E | T | 1965, reprint 1973, London, Davis Poynter | |
| House and Home | Practical book. In two volumes. Vol. 1 | 1896 | E | P | Chicago 1894-1896 Rand, McNally (PJP) | |
| Will, P. | Practical Philosophy Of Social Life... | 1805 | E | R | Lansingburgh | |
| Roberts, Helen L. | Putnam's handbook of etiquette | 1913 | E | P | New York 1913 Putnam's Sons (PJP) | |
| na | Routledge's etiquette for gentlemen reprint in Melcher, Etiquette for every occasion | 1865 | E | O | Pipestone,MN 1995 Laser Writers reprinted in Melcher, Etiquette for every occasion | |
| Kasson, John F. | Rudeness and civility | 1990 | E | P | New York 1990 Hill & Wang (PJP) | |
| Moody, Eleazar | School of good manners | 1830 | E | S | Wendell, MA 1830 Metcalf (OSV)(does not specifically treat ballroom etiq.) | |
| Ward, Mrs. H.O. | Sensible etiquette of the best society | 1878 | E | P | Philadelphia 1878c Porter & Coates Ball section copied | |
| Hall, Florence H. | Social customs | 1887 | E | HP | Boston 1887c Estes & Lauriat. Also rev 1911. | |
| na | Social etiquette of New York | 1878 | E | H | New York 1880 Appleton (HUW) | |
| Cooke, Maud C. | Social etiquette, or manners and customs of polite society | 1896 | E | PRT | Boston 1896 Smith | |
| McAllister, Ward | Society as I have found it | 1890 | E | P | New York 1890c Cassell | |
| na | A Solemn warning to dancers | 1832 | E | L | #218 New York : N. Bangs and J. Emory for the Tract Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church,[between 1824 and1832] 4 p 18 cm.;LOC: GV1741.S45 1824 | |
| Jerome, Jerome K. | Stage-land: curious habits and customs... | xxxx | E | P | New York n.d. John W. Lovell | |
| Morris, Prof. Charles | Standard book of etiquette | 1901 | E | P | n.p. 1901 n.p. (PJP) | |
| na | Standard book on politeness, good behavior and social etiquette... | 1881 | E | P | New York 1881c M. Young Covers det. | |
| Allen, Lucy G. | Table service | 1915 | E | P | Boston 1928 Little, Brown | |
| Greene, William E | The terpsichorean monitor. By William E. Greene | 1889 | E | Lr | #090 Providence, R.I., E. A. Johnson & co., printers, 1889. This manual, a compilation of previously published materials, includes a brief discussion on dancing and deportment, bows (which the author considers the "criteria of good breeding"), and a section on introductons with instructions on how to shake hands. The book also covers information on the duties of an escort, how to ask a lady to dance, and responsibilities of guests. General information is provided on quadrilles and the cotillon (also known as the German). However, the only dances described in detail are the figures for three quadrilles. 39 p. 9 cm.;LOC: GV1751.G79 | |
| Dewey, Vivian Persis | Tips to dancers, good manners for ballroom and dance hall, by V. Persis Dewey | 1918 | E | L | #204 Kenosha, Wis., 1918. This small manual of less than thirty pages is aimed at a non-urban population and, although it contains substantial sections on etiquette and the value of good manners, the only dances mentioned by Dewey are the one step and foxtrot. Advice includes "A man should not try to dance in his stiff, heavy, working shoes," and admonishments to remove chewing gum from the pockets so "you will not be tempted to use it at the party." 31 p 20 cm;LOC: GV1599.D4 | |
| Beecher, Catherine E. | Treatise on domestic economy (WANT - up to $75) | 1843 | E | O | Boston 1843 Webb (PJPxb) | |
| American Lady | True politeness | 1847 | E | S | New York 1853 Leavitt & Allen (OSV) (PJPxb) | |
| An American Gentleman | True Politeness, Hand-Book Of Etiquette For Gentlemen | 1848 | E | RS | New York 1848 Leavitt & Allen (OSV) (PJPxb) | |
| Stevens, Frances | Usages of best society | 1884 | E | O | New York 1884 Burt (MLee)(PJPxc)(PJPxb) | |
| Parley, Peter | What to do and how to do it | 1843 | E | P | New York 1843c Sheldon | |
| Fergurson, Anna | Young lady | 1847 | E | S | Lowell, MA 1848 Dayton (OSV)(does not specifically treat ballroom etiq.) | |
| na | Young lady's book | 1837 | E | S | Boston 1837 Wells (OSV)(contains info on dancing but not balls) | |
| Farrar, Mrs. John | Young lady's friend | 1837 | E | S | Boston 1837 American Stationers. Also rev New York 1849 Wood. | |
| Ward, Mrs. H.O. | Young lady's friend | 1880 | E | P | Philadelphia 1880c Porter & Coates | |
| Alcott, Wm. A. | The Young Wife, Or Duties Of A Woman In The Marriage Relation | 1849 | E | R | na |
