Copyright, 1901.
by
JOHN A. CONE,
in the
United States
and
Great Britain.
Entered at Stationer's Hall,
London.
All Rights Reserved.
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The Man Who Pleases | 1 |
The Woman Who Charms | 16 |
The Art of Conversation | 29 |
Good English | 37 |
Tact in Conversation | 48 |
The Compliment of Attention | 57 |
The Voice | 65 |
Good Manners | 73 |
Dress | 84 |
The Optimist | 97 |
Personal Peculiarities | 106 |
Suggestions from Many Sources | 114 |
The makers of books have been divided into twoclasses—the creators and the collectors. In preparingthis volume the author has made no claimto a place in the first division, for he has been, toa great extent, only a collector. The facts whichthe book contains are familiar to intelligent people,and the only excuse offered for presentingthem in a new dress is that we need to be remindedoften of some truths with which we are mostfamiliar.
In our daily intercourse with one another, wemay forget to render to others that thoughtfulnessand attention which we exact from them.
We all know that the essence of courtesy is thepurpose, in speech and manner, to be agreeable,attractive, and lovable, to awaken by ourpresenc