THE

PERFECT GENTLEMAN;

OR,

ETIQUETTE AND ELOQUENCE.

A BOOK OF INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTION FOR THOSE WHO DESIRE TO
BECOME BRILLIANT OR CONSPICUOUS IN GENERAL SOCIETY,

OR AT

Parties, Dinners, or Popular Gatherings.

CONTAINING

MODEL SPEECHES FOR ALL OCCASIONS,

WITH DIRECTIONS HOW TO DELIVER THEM.

500 TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS FOR EVERYBODY,

AND THEIR PROPER MODE OF INTRODUCTION.

HOW TO USE WINE AT TABLE, WITH RULES FOR JUDGING THE QUALITY
OF WINE, AND RULES FOR CARVING. ETIQUETTE OR, PROPER BE-
HAVIOR IN COMPANY, WITH AN AMERICAN CODE OF POLITENESS
FOR EVERY OCCASION; AND ETIQUETTE AT WASHINGTON.
REMARKABLE WIT AND CONVERSATION AT TABLE,

ETC., ETC.,

TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE

DUTIES OF CHAIRMEN OF PUBLIC MEETINGS,

AND RULES FOR THE ORDERLY CONDUCT THEREOF, TOGETHER WITH VALUABLE
HINTS AND EXAMPLES FOR DRAWING UP PREAMBLES AND RESOLUTIONS.

BY A GENTLEMAN.

BOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION.

NEW YORK:

DICK & FITZGERALD, PUBLISHERS,

No. 18 ANN STREET.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

50*12

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by

DICK & FITZGERALD,

In the Cierk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern

District of New York.

To the American Gentleman:

THE MAN WHO IS POLITE WITHOUT AFFECTATION;

PROUD WITHOUT VANITY;

DIGNIFIED WITHOUT OSTENTATION;

AFFABLE TO ALL, SERVILE TO NONE;

WHO NEVER DECEIVED HIS FRIEND, NOR TURNED HIS BACK TO HIS FOE;

THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY

THE AUTHOR.