be unwilling others should hear. If you have private business with any person, wait until you can see him alone.

Never speak in any language not understood by the company. It is equally as improper as whispering. Avoid also the introducing of phrases from the French, Italian, &c. It sounds pedantic, and your own language is sufficiently copious for the proper expression of all your thoughts.

Do not wait for an introduction, before addressing a person in a party to which you are invited. All present are presumed to be on an equality, and suitable acquaintances for each other.

When you leave a room, make your exit silently. You have no right to disturb the conversation by informing the company that you are going. It implies also too high an estimate of your own importance.

It would seem almost needless to caution against the most scandalous practice of whistling in a room when others are present. It is the grossest impropriety an educated man can be guilty of, and yet it is not unfrequently practised in our country. In Europe, it is almost exclusively confined to stable boys.

CONDITION.

AN essential advantage before entering a drawing-room where a party is to assemble, consists in acquiring a knowledge, by some means, of the condition of those with whom you are about to meet.. If you have had no opportunity of gaining this information previously, and anticipate finding yourself in an embarrassing situation, with regard to giving appropriate answers or making the necessary advances, hesitate not to interrogate discreetly your nearest companion.

Do not speak to a physician of diseases or of the sick, and particularly avoid everything which has the air of a consultation; nevertheless, give him no reason for supposing that you are unacquainted with his professional reputation, if he has any. Converse with him upon politics, literature, the fine arts, or upon any subject but that of medicine.

If you speak with poets or authors of any kind, you may expatiate upon their works as extensively as you are able; eulogize, if you can conscientiously, the elegance of their style,

the justness of their conclusions, and so on. They will be infinitely delighted with your good taste and discernment.

Do not forget that judicial persons like to speak of their causes, their studies, and jurisprudence in general. Attornies, counsellors and judges never quit their robes; and a notary, at whatever time and place, is still a notary. Thus, with this class, you can boldly venture upon. questions of law and justice. You are sure to be heard with pleasure.

In conversing with merchants or bankers, profess the highest esteem for commerce, and enlarge upon its inestimable benefits. It is a common topic of union and interest, and cannot fail to be an agreeable one.

Listen willingly to the somewhat pedantic language of the student who has just escaped from the walls of a college. Let him talk freely, if he likes, upon the Eclogues of Virgil, or the Iambics of Horace. Allowed to speak uninterruptedly upon his late studies, he will be led to think well of his acquirements, and be pleased accordingly.

By thus familiarizing yourself with, and favoring each one's peculiar current of thought, you may become agreeable and welcome in society.

CONVERSATION WITH WOMEN.

If you are desirous of pleasing a young woman, whether she is pretty or otherwise, always endeavor to appear interested in her conversation, however stupid it may be. You need not directly say that she is pretty. If she is pretty, she already knows it; if she is not, you are flattering her. A true gentleman never resorts to a falsehood, even to please a lady. Compliment with delicacy, whenever a good opportunity offers.

Listen to and answer the questions of an aged or a homely woman, with as much devoted attention as you pay to those of youth and beauty; and, if possible, display more interest in the former.

Speak to the betrothed of the talents or good character of her intended husband; to the wife, of the virtues of her spouse; to the mother, of the grace and beauty of her children.

With a devotee, venture no opinions opposite to her peculiar mode of belief; and avoid

introducing grave theological questions. You cannot, with any degree of grace, discuss such matters with women. Listen respectfully and attentively to her views, and express no doubt or incredulity.

With old spinsters, who usually have some particular preference for plants or animalssome "pet" upon which their attachment centres-represent yourself as highly gratified with the society of all who love the mute and helpless objects of creation.

Never pay much attention to one woman, to the neglect of another. Personal inattention they seldom overlook.

Women generally are not fond of long phrases, and rarely employ great words. Be simple and concise with them, without circumlocution or evasion, and address them with a smile upon your countenance.

Finally, be refined in your expressions, subdued and gentle in tone, modest and respectful in manners. Women have a much more delicate perception than men, and attention to the proprieties of conversation with them must be strict and untiring. Daily communication with gifted and delicate women, will soon convert the greatest booby into a gentleman.