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Object Name |
Book |
Date |
1878 |
Title |
The Whole Art of Courtship: Showing How to Be Happy and When to Be Married. |
Description |
Printed book, 56 pages plus front and back cover. Front cover is gray with black print: "Price 25 Cents. / THE WHOLE / ART OF COURTSHIP / SHOWING HOW TO BE HAPPY / AND WHEN / TO BE / MARRIED. / DEWITT PUB." Title page: "THE / WHOLE ART OF COURTSHIP: / SHOWING / HOW TO BE HAPPY AND WHEN TO BE MARRIED. / IN WHICH EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO LOVE MAKING, PROPOSING, EN- / GAGEMENTS, PRESENTS, APPOINTING THE DAY, AND ALL THE / WEDDING CEREMONIES AND FASHIONABLE USAGES, ARE / MINUTELY AND ACCURATELY DESCRIBED. / BY THE AUTHOR OF / 'The Practical Letter Writer,' 'The Chairman's Manual,' / 'Webster's Reciter,' etc. / New York: CLINTON T. DE WITT, PUBLISHER, / 33 ROSE STREET. / COPYRIGHT, 1878, BY CLINTON T. DEWITT." The book includes sections on what love is, first love, flirtation, proposal, conduct of the lady and the gentleman during the engagement, ending an engagement, wedding etiquette, etiquette after the wedding, and advice for newly-married couples. The last 11 pages, inside covers, and back cover have advertisements for other books published by Clinton T. DeWitt and Robert M. Dewitt. |
Acquisition |
Collection of Staten Island Historical Society |
Earliest Date |
1878 |
Latest Date |
1878 |
Material |
Paper |
Subjects |
Courtship Marriage Weddings Etiquette Ephemera |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
X17.0071 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, August 2018. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |