Household Books Published in Britain


Gentlewoman in society

By GREVILLE, Lady Beatrice Violet

  • 1968.1 The gentlewoman in society. By Lady Greville.
    1892
    18.0 x 12.0 cm   Pp [i-v] vi [vii] 1-271 [272], [i-vii] publ ads   frontis
    GB:   *LB  
    US:   DCL  

    Binding: green cloth, gilt.@ The frontispiece is a signed portrait of the author. There are chapters on the child, the girl, the woman, weddings, entertaining, dinners, musical parties, "in the shadow of the throne', dress, society and its amusements, society and its work, country-house life, gentlewomen and their little follies, society bores, men and manners, "the gentle art of flirtation', the customs of society, and "the ideal woman'.