Hints on Etiquette and the Usages of Society - With a Glance at Bad Habits #260790

It would be absurd to suppose that those persons who constitute the upper ranks of the middle classes in london are ignorant of the regulations here laid down; but in the coun try, (especially in the mercantile districts,) where the tone of society is altogether lower, it is far otherwise, although country people may not feel inclined to acknowledge what is, neverthe.