Our Society a book on Etiquette / 1893

by Alice E. Ives, Mrs. H.W. Beecher, C.M. Williams, RT. Rev. Bishop Foley, D.D., and Rose E. Cleveland.

Our Society: A Complete Treatise of the Usages That Govern the Most Refined Homes and Social Circles, Our Moral, Social, Physical and Business Culture

The book was co-authored by Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, sister to then-President Grover Cleveland.

"The aim of everyone is success. The hope we hold out to all young persons is that their lives may be successful. We urge upon them the necessity of industry, neatness, perseverance, honesty and economy, not alone for the building of character, but also for the attainment of success. Yet the end reached is the building of character, and the outward success is the sign of its achievement. He who asserts that evident, practical success denotes no superiority, errs fully as much as he who exalts the practical at the expense of character. Though a man has made a fortune, he may have weak characteristics, but in some way he has surpassed his fellow men in acquiring that for which thousands are striving." -- Preface

Book Condition: Very Good | Dust Jacket: No Jacket

The book is bound in green cloth with a beautiful pictorial cover and spine. The boards and corners are bumped, and there is wear to the surface. The spine is worn, softened and is slightly cocked. The text block is aged-tanned; otherwise, the pages are clean and unmarked, and the binding is tight.

Publisher: Detroit, Michigan: Darling Publishing Company
Publication Date: 1893
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Pages: vi, 466pp, [45]
Size: 9" x 7"