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There is no passport to good society like good manners. ¶ Even though one possess wealth and intelligence, his success in life may be marred by ignorance of social cuﬆoms. ¶ A perusal of this book will prevent such blunders. It is a book for everybody, for the social leaders as well as for those less ambitious. ¶ The subject is presented in a bright and interesting manner, and represents the lateﬆ vogue.

Why do moﬆ persons dislike to write letters? Is it not because they cannot say the right thing in the right place? This admirable book not only shows by numerous examples juﬆ what kind of letters to write, but by directions and suggeﬆions enables the reader to become an accomplished original letter writer. ¶ There are forms for all kinds of business and social letters, including invitations, acceptances, letters of sympathy, congratulations, and love letters.

A clever compilation of pithy quotations, selected from a great variety of sources, and alphabetically arranged according to the sentiment. ¶ In addition to all the popular quotations in current use, it contains many rare bits of prose and verse not generally found in similar collections. ¶ One important feature of the book is found in the characteriﬆic lines from well known authors, in which the familiar sayings are credited to their original sources.