LETTER IV.

MANNER--(_Continued._)

PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS.--Senator Sumner's appropriate Sentence--Primary importance of Manner at Home--A reiterated Charge--Manner to Parents--Unvarying confidence and reverence due to a Father--Tenderness of Manner to a Mother--Example of Washington--A Revolutionary Ball--Nature the best Teacher of Duty--Too great familiarity, even with Relations, objectionable --Manner to Brothers and Sisters--No assumption of superiority justified by Birthright, or Circumstances--Every Man the Guardian of his Sisters--A Sister's Love--Manner to a Wife-- The preservation of her Affection--The "Spectator," and a Sketch of an Old-School Husband--Impressive Teaching--A Plea for Old-Fashioned Authors--Reverence for the _Lares_ should be inviolate--The Graces of Manner always discerned by the Gentler Sex--The Sensibility of Woman--Domestic Politeness-- Cheerful Manner in conferring Favors--Importance of Trifles, in this respect--The true nobleness of Manhood--Aphorism of the Latinists--Manner to Children--Their Innocence and Susceptibility--The Influence of Example in this regard-- Children judges of Character--Power of the Law of Love over the Young--Supremacy of Moral Obligation--Manner not to be regarded as insignificant by the Christian Gentleman--Manner to the Unfortunate--Towards Servants and Inferiors--Arrogance to be avoided--Mode of addressing Domestics--Queen Elizabeth and her Courtiers--Effect of a pleasant Word and a pleasant Tone--Peculiar sensitiveness of the Uneducated In this respect --The professional figure of an old Soldier!--Manifestations of Sympathy for Inferiors in Station--Readily instructed by a kind Manner, 98

ANECDOTES AND TALES, ILLUSTRATIVE OF MANNER.

EMPERORS NOT ALWAYS WELL-BRED.--Manner of Napoleon le Grand to Women--A Family Levee--Reply of the Mother of Bonaparte to her Son--Napoleon's stringent enforcement of Court Rules--The First Consul and the Lady's Train--Josephine's timidity and her Husband's brutality--Maria Louise's Bridal-Scene--An almost sacrilegious Misnomer, 104

A FATHER'S REBUKE.--A Steamer on the Ohio--The two Friends-- Cabin-Chit-chat--Youthful mirth reproved--The effect of a Scene--The fortunate Guest--A Family Mansion and Family Group--A "Study," 105

The Moral Sublime: An Anecdote, 110

The Sailor and his Mother, 111

THE BROTHERS.--Early Separation--Home Meetings--The pomposity of the Alderman--A Family Quarrel--The respectful Son--The Recording Angel--Charley visits the City--A Morning Call--Its Result, 111

Washington Irving's Sketch of an old English Gentleman, 113

The Poet Rogers and his Man Friday, 114

THE FAMILY GREEN-ROOM, OR LIFE BEHIND THE SCENES.--An old Soldier Weather-bound--A Morning Sortie--An Invitation-- Youthful Hospitality--A Nursery Fixture--The "Eldest Son and Hope of the House"--A playful Salutation--The "Land of Promise"--An Armful--Lunch--An unexpected Interposition--An Overland Journey--A Catastrophe--Rubicon Crossing--The Dolphin--The baked Apple--A "Poor Man"--The "Cup of Cold Water"--A Stick for each--Spectacled Reconnoitering--Cheerful Words--Devotional Scene--Scientific Inquiry--A Capture--Escape by Stratagem--Almost a Martyr--The old Soldier re-visits the "Mess" of his Camp-ground--A dangerous Invader--Green-room Asides--A Rehearsal--College Comforts--A Sketch by one of 'em--A Stage-Trick--Anecdote of John Kemble, the Actor--A Disclaimer and a Commentary--Exit of a "Star"--Table-Talk, 115