Excerpt from The Manners That Win: Compiled From the Latest Authorities

A Traveler who explores a strange city cares little for vague descriptions which mention, in a general way, stately buildings, galleries of art, and historic ruins which are deserving of notice; what he wants is a guide book with a full map which names every street, and points out every locality of interest, and which tells him clearly and concisely just where to go, and how to go, where the best hotels are, cost of carriages and guides and how to find them, and all the minute directions which save time and money, and make it possible to avoid mistakes. A manual of deportment to be useful must contain, in like manner specific and minute directions rather than fine discourses and glittering generalities. It will be useful as it is clear, concise, and exact in matters of detail.

This book makes no claim to originality; indeed, any such claim would be absurd in a field which has been occupied so thoroughly in every age. It is simply a careful compilation, made from the latest and best authorities, arranged in convenient form for ready reference, and supplied with a full alphabetical index, which makes it possible without vexatious delay to consult it regarding even a trifling detail, or to decide any doubtful or disputed point. The principles of politeness are always the same, but customs and forms change, and even those who have grown up among the gently bred, taking on their good manners as unconsciously as they have breathed the air, are sometimes at a loss in new situations; while those who have had less careful home-training, or less refined surroundings, if ambitious to acquire winning manners, welcome any suggestions that make the difficulties to be overcome in any degree less.

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