Main entry:

Banks, Charles Eugene, 1852-1932.

Title & Author:

American home culture and correct customs of polite society / by Charles Eugene Banks and Marshall Everett, the well known authors ... ; a complete guide to correct social forms and artistic living ; interior views of the most delightful American homes and portraits of ladies prominent in society.

Publication:

Chicago : Henry Neil, [1902]

Description:

352 pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 41 cm

Notes:
"Describing the best usages of polite society, containing correct rules governing introductions, cards, calls, invitations, receptions, balls, wedding dinners, teas, theatre and opera parties, visiting and home parties, musicales, lawn fetes and out-door theatricals, riding and hunting parties, bachelor entertainments, correspondence, christenings, funerals, children's plays and pastimes, with hints of early education, household decorations and talks on kindred subjects; also, portraits of ladies prominent in social circles of the country, with views of rooms, corners, libraries, dens, tables set for company, etc., etc.".
Three group portraits on double plates.
Includes index.

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic United States.
Etiquette.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Architecture, Domestic
Manners and customs
United States Social life and customs 1865-1918.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes 1865-1918.
United States

Added entries:

Everett, Marshall, 1863-1939.
Neil, Henry, publisher,

Cover title: American home culture
Running title: Beautiful homes and social customs of America

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 7553
Call No.: W12173
Status: Available