This page wouldn't have been possible without the help of a book
called "Youth's Educator for Home and Society" which was
published in 1896. I plan on adding a new lesson daily, so be sure
to visit often to learn something new about Victorian etiquette.
I am really enjoying this page, because I just can' help but to think
how nice it would be if we still used some of these practices today.
Imagine what it would be like if everyone bowed and courtesied when they passed on the street! I hope that you enjoy reading these lessons as much as I have. The first few lessons express the importance of etiquette in Victorian times.

30 June 1998~ Some ladies always carry a fan. But you cannot always have one in your hands, so it is better to practice keeping the arms pressed lightly against the sides in walking or sitting.
29 June 1998~ Every child should recieve some training which will fit it for some useful occupation in life.
28 June 1998~ Children- Do not be afraid to let the sunshine of your happy souls flow out and permeate all you meet.
27 June 1998~ Children- Never present yourself at table, with soiled face and hands, or uncombed hair.
19 June 1998~    Children- Obey readily, even though you can't see why you should or should not.
10 June 1998~ A young person who does not respect himself, will not respect his elders.
19 May 1998~ There is no better inheritance to leave children than the memory of kind and gentle-mannered parents whose influence for good will go with them through life.
16 May 1998~ No man can be a true gentleman without being habitually polite and considerate at home.
15 May 1998~   Be as careful about your dress and appearance after marriage as you were before. To do so is equivalent to saying that you care more about making a favorable impression upon strangers than upon your husband.
18 March 1998~ A house should be as cheerful and light as possible, that the husband may look forward with delight to his return at night, after a hard day's work.
17 March 1998~In money matters the wife should be economical and careful.
16 March 1998~ Teach your children so that they will shrink from contact with the course and impure, and will not choose their companions for the money their parents possess, but for their true worth and agreeable manners.
15 March 1998~ A fine plan to draw out the better nature of children is to let them have pets. It teaches them to be gentle and protecting, and makes them self-reliant.
14 March 1998~ It is a mother's duty to teach her children self-respect; and one of the first evidences of this feeling, is good manners.
13 March 1998~ The home is the foundation of all good things.
12 March 1998~ Fine manners are the outward manifestations of an inward beauty that the world is quick to discern.
11 March 1998~ Etiquette is not yielding up of one's individuality or a cold formality. It is rather the beautiful frame which is place around a valuable picutre to prevent its being marred or defaced.
10 March 1998~ True etiquette must spring from a sincere desire to make every one around them feel at ease and a determination to exercise a thoughtful regard for the feelings of others.
9 March 1998~ Much remains to be said upon the value of good manners. They should be the outgrowth of character; a character built up in youth. Character is more than reputation. The young should learn its value, and early aquire it. The world may misunderstand- it generally does misconstrue human actions. But a clear conscience, a kindly nature, and fine manners, can conquer all things.