The Social Mirror: A Complete Treatise of the Laws, Rules and Usages that Govern Our Most Refined Homes and Social Circles

416 pp. Intro by Rose Cleveland (President Grover Cleveland's sister and acting first lady). CONTENTS: Introduction; Entering Society; In Public Places; Introductions; In the Street; Salutations; Riding and Driving; Soirees, Matinees, and Musicals; Ladies' Calls and Cards; Calling Customs of Gentlemen; Visitors and Visiting; Ceremonious Dinners; In the Dinning-Room; The Art of Conversation; Customs and Costumes for Weddings; Receptions, Kettle-Drums and Five O'Clock Teas; Manners While Traveling; The Awkward and Shy; At Home and Foreign Courts; Superstitions of Wedding-Rings and Precious Stones; Wedding Anniversaries; Fitness and Incongruities of Dress; Mourning Customs; Christenings; The Toilet, Toilet Medicines and Recipes; The Guest-Chamber; Home Beautiful; Treasury of Home Reading; Relation of Parents and Children; A Mother's Influence; A Mother's Cares; Family Government--What Is It?; The Home Conversation; Couresies in the Family; Home Memories; Keep Your Daughters Near You; Be Patient with the Boys; Culture in the Home; General Index.