Emily Post's Etiquette.

Includes index.

pt. 1. Everyday etiquette. Guidelines for living -- Greetings and introductions -- When out and about -- Dealing with rudeness -- Dress and grooming -- pt. 2. Relationships. Dating -- Separation and divorce -- Today's families -- The thoughtful family member -- The good neighbor -- Illnesses and disabilities -- People who work in your home -- pt. 3. Children and teens. Teaching everyday manners -- Table and party manners -- Young communicators -- Teen dates and special occasions -- pt. 4. Communication and protocol. Correspondence -- Invitations and announcements -- The good conversationalist -- E-mail etcetera -- Telephone manners -- Names, titles, and official protocol -- pt. 5. Dining and entertaining. Table manners -- Eating out -- The dinner party -- Hosts and houseguests -- Parties galore -- Toasts and toasting -- pt. 6. Celebrations and ceremonies. Celebrating life's stages -- Giving and receiving gifts -- Grieving and condolences -- Attending religious services -- pt. 7. Weddings. The engagement -- Planning the big event -- The nuts and bolts of preparation -- Wedding invitations and announcements -- Wedding attire -- Wedding gifts -- Your day -- A guide for wedding guests -- Remarriage -- New times, new traditions -- pt. 8. You and your job. Life in the workplace -- The social side -- pt. 9. Travel and leisure. Traveling near and far -- The finer points of tipping -- Performances in public places -- Sports and recreation.

For the first time in its history, this American classic has been completely rewritten. Peggy Post gives us etiquette for today's times. Read by millions since the first edition was published in 1922, Emily Post -- the most trusted name in etiquette -- has always been there to help people navigate every conceivable social situation. The tradition continues with this 100 percent revised and updated edition, which covers the formal, the traditional, the contemporary, and the casual. Based on thousands of reader questions, surveys conducted on the Emily Post Institute and Good Housekeeping Web sites, and Peggy's travels across the country, the book shows how to handle the new, difficult, unusual, and everyday situations we all encounter. The definition of etiquette -- a code of behavior based on thoughtfulness -- has not changed since Emily's day. The etiquette guidelines we use to smooth the way change all the time. This new edition resolves hundreds of our key etiquette concerns: dealing with rudeness, netiquette, noxious neighbors, road rage, family harmony, on-line dating, cell phone courtesy, raising respectful children and teens, and travel etiquette in the post-9/11 world...to name just a few. Emily Post's Etiquette, 17th Edition also remains the definitive source for timeless advice on entertaining, social protocol, table manners, guidelines for religious ceremonies, expressing condolences, introductions, how to be a good houseguest and host, invitations, correspondence, planning a wedding, giving a toast, and sportsmanship. Peggy Post's advice gives us the confidence of knowing we're doing the right thing so we can relax and enjoy the moment and move more easily through our world. Emily Post's Etiquette, 17th Edition will be the resource of choice for years to come.