Etiquette of Social Life in Washington

by Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren

Madeleine Dahlgren's 1881 work aims to provide readers with a guide to the peculiar and particular manners and mores of the Nation's capital. Recognizing that official life in Washington, D.C. leads to "perplexing social questions," Dahlgren's work, which went through a number of editions in her lifetime, lays out the special code of social laws that are at work in Washington in the late nineteenth century.

88 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2006

Reviews

[Steven Bost · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun little relic.

[Avis Black · Rating 1 out of 5]

Manages to say very little, and that little in a very boring manner.

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's kind of a trip to read about the social mores of the high and mighty in 1880s Washington.