Excerpt from Ladies and Gentlemen's Pocket Companion of Etiquette and Manners: With the Rules of Polite Society, to Which Is Added Hints on Dress, Courtship, Etc If, while walking with one friend you meet another, never introduce 'them without having previously ascertained that it would be agreeable to both. If the introduction be desirable, it is worth the trouble of doing it properly. In making introductions be careful to intro duce the lower to the person in the higher rank. Where rank and station are equal, age will be the best guide. In introducing, remember, also, that the lady always take precedence of the gen tleman; thus you introduce the gentleman to the lady. As a general rule, do not introduce a gentle man to a lady without first privately asking her permission. In going through the ceremony of introducing pronounce the name of the lady first, adding, ermit me to present to you Mr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.