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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ix

I. THE MEANING OF ETIQUETTE 1

II. INTRODUCTIONS 6

III. LEAVING CARDS 19

IV. PAYING CALLS 32

V. PRECEDENCY 44

VI. THE COLLOQUIAL APPLICATION OF TITLES 53

VII. POINTS OF ETIQUETTE AS REGARDS ROYAL PERSONAGES 61

VIII. POINTS OF ETIQUETTE WHEN TRAVELLING ABROAD, AND
PRESENTATIONS AT FOREIGN COURTS 65

IX. THE RECEIVED MODE OF PRONOUNCING CERTAIN SURNAMES 68

X. PRESENTATIONS AT COURTS AND ATTENDING COURTS 73

XI. PRESENTATIONS AT LEVEES AND ATTENDING LEVEES 82

XII. BALLS AND STATE BALLS 87

XIII. DINNER GIVING AND DINING OUT 99

XIV. DINNER-TABLE ETIQUETTE 116

XV. EVENING PARTIES 122

XVI. WEDDINGS AND WEDDING LUNCHEONS 128

XVII. WEDDING RECEPTIONS 143

XVIII. WEDDING EXPENSES 146

XIX. AFTERNOON "AT HOMES" 151

XX. "AT HOME" DAYS 159

XXI. COLONIAL ETIQUETTE 161

XXII. INDIAN ETIQUETTE 164

XXIII. GARDEN-PARTIES 166

XXIV. TOWN GARDEN-PARTIES 171

XXV. EVENING GARDEN-PARTIES 174

XXVI. LUNCHEONS 176

XXVII. BREAKFASTS 183

XXVIII. PICNICS AND WATER-PARTIES 186

XXIX. JUVENILE PARTIES 190

XXX. WRITTEN INVITATIONS 195

XXXI. REFUSING INVITATIONS 200

XXXII. WALKING, DRIVING, AND RIDING 202

XXXIII. BOWING