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LESSONS ON MANNERS

For School and Home Use

EDITH E. WIGGIN

"A beautiful behavior is the finest of the fine arts."--EMERSON.

Boston Lee and Shepard Publishers 10 Milk Street

Copyright, 1884, By Lee and Shepard.

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION 5

LESSON I. MANNERS IN GENERAL 9

LESSON II. MANNERS AT SCHOOL 13

LESSON III. MANNERS ON THE STREET 19

LESSON IV. MANNERS AT HOME 25

LESSON V. MANNERS TOWARD THE AGED 31

LESSON VI. MANNERS AT THE TABLE 39

LESSON VII. MANNERS IN SOCIETY 47

LESSON VIII. MANNERS AT CHURCH 57

LESSON IX. MANNERS AT PLACES OF AMUSEMENT 61

LESSON X. MANNERS IN STORES AND SIMILAR PUBLIC PLACES 67

LESSON XI. MANNERS IN TRAVELLING 73

LESSON XII. MANNERS IN BORROWING 81

LESSONS ON MANNERS.

INTRODUCTION.

IT is true that good manners, like good morals, are best taught by the teacher's example. It is also true that definite lessons, in which the subject can be considered in its appropriate divisions, are of no little value if we would have our children attain to "that finest of the fine arts, a beautiful behavior."

Such lessons should be as familiar and conversational as possible. They ought to be talks rather than lectures; and the children should be encouraged to do a large part of the talking. Children that come from homes where good manners are taught and practised, will be glad to repeat the precepts of politeness learned in the home circle; and those less favored will not want to be behind in this hitherto unstudied branch. We must remember that many children hear no mention of politeness outside the school-room, and are uncouth and rude, not so much because they choose to be, as because they do not know how to be otherwise.