Excerpt from The Art of Conversing: Written for the Instruction of Youth in the Polite Manners and Language of the Drawing-Room Speech was bestowed upon man as a medium of communicating thought; and the proper exer cise of this faculty should be regarded by all in civilized life, as of the highest importance. We propose in this work, to demonstrate the refine ment of conversation, to offer rules for its right use, and to treat of certain particulars relative to practice, an ignorance of which f requ ent] y places the sensible man on a level with the simpleton. In short, to indicate, as clearly as possible, the means of appearing to advantage in the private circle, in public interviews, and in every situation in which an individual may be placed. Such has been our aim and design. 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.