Evening Parties at the Duchess d’Abrantes.--Mode of
Admission.--The Weather.--Suicides.--Madame le Norman the
Sibyl.--Parisian Réunions.--Manners of Frenchwomen.--American
Soirées.--Furniture.--Hints on Etiquette.--Manners in Parisian
High Life.--Conversation.--Dress.--Qualifications for an
Exquisite.--Smoking.--Rules for Dinner p. 253-283