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ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ETIQUETTE WHAT TO WRITE WHAT TO DO WHAT TO WEAR WHAT TO SAY: 348 total pages.

52 Encyclopedia of Etiquette herself. He will not venture to place himself upon a sofa beside her without her permission, unless he knows her well. LENGTH OF A CALL A FIRST and formal afternoon call should occupy not less than fifteen minutes, nor more than half an hour. Friends of a hostess, calling on her day at home, may linger so long as an hour in her drawing room, but in the case of a chance call it is hardly po­lite to remain so long unless urged by the hostess to tarry. After twenty minutes, a half hour, or an hour, the caller should rise from his seat, with perhaps the final phrase of the talk they have been engaged in still on his lips, and push his chair quietly away. At the end of his sentence, as the lady rises, he should simply say "Good-night," or "Good afternoon," extend his hand to meet her own in a brief, cordial clasp, and then turn and walk out of the room. The simpler the course pursued by a diffident man, when taking his leave, the better, for if he has nothing to say but "Good-night," he may say it in full

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