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Book dossier
by M. E. W. Sherwood
Etiquette manuals are an important sources of information on ballrooms and social dance during the nineteenth-century. Sherwood's book is an exceptional source for etiquette as it was practiced in the late 1880s. Additionally, of the book's fifty-nine chapters, two are devoted to dancing and balls.
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Colloquia
Desiderius Erasmus
Etiquette in society, in business, in politics and at home
Emily Post
Letters to his son
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Karye chŭnghae
Kŭn Sin
A father's legacy to his daughters
John Gregory
The tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
Beatrix Potter
Galateo
Giovanni Della Casa
Household papers and stories
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Letters from the Earth
Mark Twain