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THE MENTOR
A LITTLE BOOK
FOR THE GUIDANCE OF SUCH MEN AND BOYS
AS WOULD APPEAR TO ADVANTAGE IN
THE SOCIETY OF PERSONS OF
THE BETTER SORT
BY
ALFRED AYRES
AUTHOR OF THE ORTHOËPIST, THE VERBALIST, ETC.
Virtue itself offends when coupled with
forbidding manners.—Middleton.
Well dressed, well bred, well carriaged,
Is ticket good enough to pass us readily
Through every door.—Cowper.
A good manner is the best thing in the
world, either to get one a good name or to
supply the want of it.—Anonymous.
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1902
Copyright, 1884,
By FUNK AND WAGNALLS.
Copyright, 1894,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
PREFATORY NOTE.
To select well among old things is almost equal to inventingnew ones.—Trublet.
To be welcome in the society of persons of thebetter sort, who are always persons of culture andrefinement, we must ourselves be persons of cultureand refinement, i.e., we