Society as I Have Found It
by Ward McAllister
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Contents
- Author’s Note
- Law and Housekeeping
- Introduction to London Sports
- A Winter in Italy
- Germany and the Alps
- Winter in Pau
- Home Again
- Merrymaking in the South
- Life at Newport
- Society’s Leaders
- Delights of Country Life
- Fashionable People
- Cotillions in Doors and Out
- An Era of Great Extravagance
- On the Box Seat at Newport
- Social Unity
- A Golden Age of Feasting
- Entering Society
- Entertaining
- Madeiras
- Champagnes and Other Wines
- Dinners
- Cooks and Catering
- Balls
- Famous Newport Balls
- An Era of Extravagance
- Washington Dinners and New York Balls
- The Present Fashion in Stationery
- Forms of Invitations Used by Mr. McALLISTER