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Title: The Ladies' Vase
Polite Manual for Young Ladies

Author: An American Lady

Release Date: October 4, 2005 [eBook #16802]

Language: English

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THE LADIES' VASE;

Or, Polite Manual for Young Ladies.

Original and Selected

by

AN AMERICAN LADY

Eighth Edition.

Hartford:
H. S. Parsons and Co.

Stereotyped by
Richard H. Hobbs.
Hartford, Conn.

1849

PREFACE.

So many volumes have already appeared before the public, similar in
character to this little work, that it is with feelings of diffidence we
bring our humble offering, especially when we consider the rich merit
possessed by many of its predecessors. But our apology must be found in
the fact that these publications are, from their size, and consequent
expense, inaccessible to many of the class whose improvement they are so
well adapted to promote. Considering the formation of female character
and manners a matter of inestimable importance, especially at the
present age, swayed as it is by moral rather than by physical force, we
have carefully availed ourselves of the best advice of some of our most
judicious writers on female education; and, by presenting our work in a
cheaper form than any of this class which is now before the public, hope
to render it attainable to all those for whom it is especially designed.

_April 16, 1847._

CONTENTS.

POLITENESS, 7
TRUE AND FALSE POLITENESS, 9
IMPORTANCE OF GOOD MANNERS, 13
SELF-POSSESSION,