Books with author George Washington Cable

Copied out by hand as a young man aspiring to the status of Gentleman, George Washington's 110 rules were based on a set of rules composed by French Jesuits in 1595. The first English edition of these rules was available in Francis Hawkins' Youths Behavior, or Decency in Conversation Amongst Men, which appeared in 1640, and it is from work that Washington seems to have copied. The rules as Washington wrote them out are a simplified version of this text. However much he may have simplified them, these precepts had a strong influence on Washington, who aimed to always live by them. The rules focus on self-respect and respect for others through details of etiquette. The rules offer pointers on such issues as how to dress, walk, eat in public, and address one's superiors.

Unabridged version of “Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation,” by George Washington, offered here for chump change.Copied out by hand, Washington’s “Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation,” were maxims by which proper people should be influenced. Included here are copies of Washington’s original pages, and translations of the rule.Read from his young hand. Ponder the rules of revolutionary American culture. Apply some to your life.Table of Contents History of Washington and the 110 Rules 3Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation 6Image of rules 1-12 9Image of rules 13-24 14Image of rules 25-31 18Image of rules 32-42 22Image of rules 43-53 26Image of rules 54-63 30Image of rules 64-75 34Image of rules 76-87 38Image of rules 88-103 42

THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOISE AND SUZANNE. I.The Two Sisters34II.Making Up The Expedition37III.The Embarkation43IV.Alix Carpentier51V.Down Bayou Plaquemine.—the Fight With Wild Nature55VI.The Twice-married Countess61VII.Odd Partners In The Bolero Dance65VIII.A Bad Storm In A Bad Place69IX.Maggie And The Robbers73X.Alix Puts Away The Past80XI.Alix Plays Fairy.—parting Tears.84XII.Little Paris90XIII.The Countess Madelaine94XIV."Poor Little Alix!"99XV.The Discovery Of The Hat104XVI.The Ball108XVII.Picnic And Farewell116ALIX DE MORAINVILLE121SALOME MÜLLER, THE WHITE SLAVE.I.Salome and her Kindred145II.Six Months at Anchor148III.Famine at Sea150IV.Sold into Bondage155V.The Lost Orphans159VI.Christian Roselius162VII.Miller Versus Belmonti163VIII.The Trial169IX.The Evidence173X.The Crowning Proof178XI.Judgment180XII.Before the Supreme Court185THE "HAUNTED HOUSE" IN ROYAL STREET. I.As It Stands Now192II.Madame Lalaurie200III.A Terrible Revelation204IV.The Lady's Flight212V.A New Use219VI.Evictions223ATTALIE BROUILLARD. I.Furnished Rooms233II.John Bull236III.Ducour's Meditations239IV.Proxy243V.The Nuncupative Will248VI.Men can be Better than their Laws257WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN IN THE SOUTH261I.Secession262II.The Volunteers.—Fort Sumter266III.Tribulation269IV.A Beleaguered City274V.Married279VI.How it was in Arkansas281VII.The Fight for Food and Clothing285VIII.Drowned out and starved out289IX.Homeless and Shelterless296X.Frights and Perils in Steele's Bayou302XI.Wild Times in Mississippi308XII.Vicksburg320XIII.Preparations for the Siege326XIV.The Siege itself334XV.Gibraltar falls343LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.From photographs of the originals, in possession of Mr. George W. Cable."Tonton"FrontispieceSome of the Manuscripts1Part of François's First Page34Part of First Page, "Alix Manuscript"121The Court Papers168The Entrance of the "Haunted House"194Printed on Wall Paper in the Siege of Vicksburg339Fac-simile of a Letter from Adj.-Gen. Thomas L. Snead349