The School of Good Manners 1787
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Composed for the help of Parents - teaching Children how to behave during their minority.

One's conduct in 18th century English society was an indication of education and class. Books on conduct offered readers an opportunity to improve their lot in life by imitating the manners of the more well-to-do. This little book is one of the earliest known publications on manners for children.

From Chapter II, Of Children's Behavior at the Table:

Come not to the table without having your hands and face washed, and your head combed.
Find no fault with any thing that is given thee.
Spit not, cough not, nor blow thy nose at table; if it may be avoided.
Throw not any thing under the table.
Drink not, nor speak with any thing in thy mouth.
Pick not thy teeth at the table, unless holding up thy napkin before thy mouth with thine other hand.

Paperback, 23 pages, 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. English version only; re-created based on an edition published by Nathaniel Patten in Hartford in 1787.