LETTER V.

MANNER IN DETAIL.

MANNER IN THE STREET--Upon Meeting a Friend or Acquaintance-- Proper Mode of Salutation--"Drawing" Gloves--Stopping to Talk--Tact and Ease--Leaving a Companion in the Street-- Manner to Inferiors in the Street--Rule, when meeting a Gentleman-Acquaintance walking with Ladies whom you do not know--When you are acquainted with both Ladies and Gentlemen whom you may meet--Shaking Hands with Ladies in the Street at Meeting or at Parting--Courteous Phrases--Parting Ceremonies --Precedence in the Street--Taking the Arm of another Man-- Walking with Ladies--Proper relative Position--Opening Doors, etc.--When meeting Ladies--Upon being stopped by a Lady-- Manner to a Stranger Lady--When you wish to Speak with a Lady in the Street--When wishing to join a Lady in her Promenade--Proper Caution in this respect--Rule respecting the Recognition of a Lady--An Awkward Third--Considerations due to Ladies in case of Street-Accidents--Courtesy to Ladies who are alighting from a Carriage--Custom of offering the Arm to Ladies in the Street, when ascending Steps, etc. --On entering Church, etc., with Ladies--As one of a Travelling-Party, etc.--Gait in walking with elderly Persons or Ladies generally--Staring at Ladies in Public Places-- Manner to Ladies entering an Opera House, at a Pump-Room, etc.--Audible Comments upon Strangers, 128

SKETCHES ILLUSTRATIVE OF MANNERS.

THE "CUT" PORTUGUESE.--Newspapers and Coffee--West Point and a Discussion--A Foreigner's Revenge, 135

The Broken Fan: a Lady's Lament, 136

The "Iron Duke," and Youthful Reminiscences, 137

Unexpected Rencontre--A Stroll and a Compliment--A Gentleman of the Old School in the Street--A Tribute--A Daughter's Boast--A Wedding--The Bridal Tour--The Rail-Car--An Intruder--True Politeness--The Glass of Medical-water--The Denouement, 137

THE LETTER-BOX.--An Exciting Exclamation--A Group for a Painter--A Query--Entreaties--An Explanatory Prelude--The Fruitless Search--The Appeal--A Dialogue--An Admission-- Musical Sounds--A Prosy Inquiry--The Summing up--The Damper --The Wish of a True Woman--An Insinuation--A Description drawn from Life--A Valuable Portrait--A Tribute to American Gentlemen--An Illustration--Stage Politeness to a Lady-- Acted Poetry: the Poetry of Real Life! 141

THE PRISONER OF THE COLLISEUM.--A Moonlight Walk--A Secret Appeal--The Fair Epicurean--The Recitation--An Apparition --The Lasso--A Witty Reply--The Guerdon--The Clarion-note-- A Brilliant--Horseback on the Campagnia of Rome--The Pope's Cortège--A Recognition--A Denouement--A Confession and the Retort Courteous--A Sudden Transformation--The Beautiful Arm--Powers' Studio--The Artist's Discovery--An Intimation, 149