Etiquette -- Early works to 1800

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• Etiquette
• Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800

• Conversation -- Early works to 1800
• Courtesy -- Early works to 1800
• Etiquette for children and teenagers -- Early works to 1800

• The Gentlewomans Companion (1999 edited edition; based on the edition of 1673), ed. by Katherine Ellison, contrib. by Hannah Woolley (HTML at Emory)
• The Gentlewoman's Companion, or, A Guide to the Female Sex, contrib. by Hannah Woolley (HTML at Emory)
• Rules of Civility, by George Washington, ed. by John Allan Murray (HTML and page images with commentary at Virginia)

• The Table-Talk of John Selden (second edition; London: J. R. Smith, 1856), by John Selden, ed. by Ri. Milward and Samuel Weller Singer (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Table Talk of John Selden (Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1892), by John Selden, ed. by Ri. Milward and Samuel Harvey Reynolds (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Book of the Courtier, by Baldassarre Castiglione, ed. by Walter Alexander Raleigh, trans. by Thomas Hoby
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • HTML at Renascence Editions

• A Little Pretty Pocket-Book (first Worcester edition; Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, 1787), contrib. by Isaiah Thomas (page images at LOC)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion (1860 edition), by Margaret C. Conkling (page images at MOA)
• The Bazar Book of Decorum, by Robert Tomes (page images at MOA)
• Book of Etiquette (2 volumes, from different editions; Oyster Bay, NY: Nelson Doubleday, c1921), by Lillian Eichler Watson
  • Volume I: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • Volume II: Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• The Book of Good Manners: A Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions, by Walter Cox Green (Gutenberg text)
• Dancing and Prompting, Etiquette and Deportment of Society and Ball Room, by Professor Bonstein (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home (New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1922), by Emily Post (illustrated HTML with commentary at Bartleby)
• The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness (Boston: DeWolfe, Fisk and Co., c1873), by Cecil B. Hartley (page images at MOA)
• The Laws of Etiquette: or, Short Rules and Reflections for Conduct in Society
  • HTML and page images at LOC
  • Gutenberg text
• Manners and Conduct In School and Out, by Deans of Girls in Chicago High Schools (page images at Oregon)
• Manners and Social Usages (1887 edition), by M. E. W. Sherwood
  • HTML and page images at LOC
  • Gutenberg text
• Manners, Culture and Dress of the Best American Society: Including Social, Commercial and Legal Forms, Letter Writing, Invitations, &c.; Also Valuable Suggestions on Self Culture and Home Training (Springfield, MA and Des Moines, IA: King, Richardson and Co., 1891), by Richard A. Wells
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding (Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, n.d.), by S. O. Johnson (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Netiquette, by Virginia Shea (HTML at albion.com)
• Plain Words to Young Men, by Augustus Woodbury (page images at MOA)
• The Principles of Courtesy, With Hints and Observations on Manners and Habits, by George Winfred Hervey (page images at MOA)
• The Terpsichorean Monitor, by William E. Greene (HTML and page images at LOC)
• "Tips to Dancers," Good Manners for Ballroom and Dance Hall, by Vivian Persis Dewey (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Youth's Educator for Home and Society, by Anna R. White (HTML at Rochester)

• The Chinese Business Puzzle, by Andrew M. Williamson (HTML with commentary at HowTo)

• Perfect Behavior: A Parody Outline of Etiquette, by Donald Ogden Stewart
  • illustrated HTML at Virginia
  • Gutenberg text

• The Little Book of Big Excuses: More Strategies and Techniques for Faking It, by Addie Johnson (HTML with commentary at Booktrope)

• A Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing, by Thomas Hillgrove (HTML and page images at LOC)
• Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society, by S. Annie Frost
  • page images at MOA
  • Gutenberg text

• Mrs. Lieutenant: A Sharon Gold Novel, by Phyllis Zimbler Miller (HTML with commentary at mrslieutenant.com and authonomy.com)

• Mrs. Lieutenant: A Sharon Gold Novel, by Phyllis Zimbler Miller (HTML with commentary at mrslieutenant.com and authonomy.com)

• Working the American Way, by Robert Day (HTML with commentary at HowTo)

• Etiquette of Social Life in Washington (Washington, D.C: J. A. Wineberger, 1873), by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)

• The Scholar's Courtesy: The Role of Acknowledgement in the Primary Communication Process (1995), by Blaise Cronin (linked PDF files here at Penn)

• The Scholar's Courtesy: The Role of Acknowledgement in the Primary Communication Process (1995), by Blaise Cronin (linked PDF files here at Penn)

• Rhetoric of Conversation: or, Bridles and Spurs for the Management of the Tongue, by George Winfred Hervey (page images at MOA)

• By Popular Demand: Revitalizing Representative Democracy Through Deliberative Elections (Berkeley: University of California Press, c2000), by John Gastil (frame-dependent HTML with commentary at UC Press)
• Guide for Discussion Leaders (1944), by Donald W. Goodrich
  • illustrated HTML at historians.org
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• 1601 (with commentary), by Mark Twain (HTML at archive.org)
• 1601, by Mark Twain (Gutenberg text)
• All the Familiar Colloquies of Desiderius Erasmus of Roterdam, Concerning Men, Manners, and Things (second edition; London: Printed for J.J. and P. Knapton, et al., 1733), by Desiderius Erasmus, trans. by N. Bailey (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Imaginary Conversations (5 volumes; Boston: Roberts Bros., 1881-1883), by Walter Savage Landor, contrib. by John Forster
  • first series (Classical dialogues): page images at Google; US access only
  • second series (Sovereigns and statesmen): page images at Google; US access only
  • third series (Literary men): page images at Google; US access only
  • fourth series (More literary men, famous women, miscellaneous): page images at Google; US access only
  • fifth series (More miscellaneous): page images at Google; US access only
• Imaginary Conversations (with notes; 6 volumes; London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1909), by Walter Savage Landor, ed. by Charles G. Crump, contrib. by John Forster
  • Volume 1: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 6: multiple formats at archive.org
• Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, by Walter Savage Landor (Gutenberg text and page images)

• Caxton's Book of Curtesye, Printed at Westminster about 1477-8 A.D. and Now Reprinted, with Two Ms. Copies of the Same Treatise, from the Oriel Ms. 79, and the Balliol Ms. 354 (London: Published for the Early English Text Society, c1868), ed. by Frederick James Furnivall (Gutenberg text)
• Good Morals and Gentle Manners, by Alexander Murdoch Gow (page images at MOA)

• London at Dinner: or, Where to Dine (London: Robert Hardwicke, 1858) (HTML at victorianlondon.org)

• Catering for Special Occasions: With Menus and Recipes (Philadelphia: D. McKay, c1911), by Fannie Merritt Farmer (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Etiquette of Good Society (London et al.: Cassell and Co., 1893), ed. by Lady Colin Campbell
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• More Goops and How Not to Be Them: A Manual of Manners for Impolite Infants (1903), by Gelett Burgess (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and audio)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.