Publisher's Synopsis
How to Behave: A Pocket Manual of Republican Etiquette, and Guide to Correct Personal Habits By Samuel Roberts Wells session. The truth is palpable, that our men are not all gentlemen, nor our women all ladies, nor our children all docile and obliging. In that small and insignificant circle which is called 'Society, ' which, small and insignificant as it is, gives the tone to the manners of the nation, the chief efforts seem to be, to cleanse the outside of the platter, to conceal defects by gloss and glitter.
