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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
158
These
are
extreme
cases;
there
are
many
other
minor
errors.
The
higher
qualities
of
conversation
must
undoubtedly
be
based
upon
the
higher
qualities
of
the
mind;
then
it
is,
indeed,
a
privilege
to
commune
with
others.
To
acquire
the
power
of
thus
imparting
the
highest
pleasure
by
conversational
powers,
attention
must
be
paid
to
literature.
I
am
supposing
the
solid
foundation
of
a
good
education
already
laid,
but
by
literature,
I
do
not
mean
only
that
class
of
it
which
is
taught
at
school.
Reading,
at
the
present
day,
is
too
much
confined
to
light
literature.
I
would
not
speak
against
this.
The
modern
novels,
and
the
poets
of
all
ages,
are
good
reading,
but
let
them
be
taken
in
moderation,
and
varied
by
something
more
solid.
Let
them
be
the
dessert
to
the
more
substantial
dinner
of
history,
travels,
and
works
of
a
like
nature.
Independent
of
the
strength
and
polish
given
to
the
mind
by
a
thorough
course
of
reading,
there
is
another
reason
why
a
lady
should
devote
some
portion
of
her
time
to
it;
she
cannot
do
without
it.
She
may,
lacking
this,
pass
through
life
respectably,
even
elegantly;
but
she
cannot
take
her
part
in
a
communing
with
superior
minds;
she
may
enjoy,
in
wondering,
the
radiance
of
their
intelligence;
but
the
wondering
must
be
composed,
in
part,
of
amazement
at
her
own
folly,
in
not
having
herself
sought
out
the
treasure
concealed
in
the
fathomless
depths
of
books.
She
cannot
truly
enjoy
society,
with
this
art
neglected.
She
may,
for
a
few
brief
years,
be
the
ornament
of
the
drawing-room;
but
it
must
be,
like
many
other
ornaments
there,
in
still
life;
she
can
never
be
the
companion
of
the
intellectual;
and
the
time
is
gone
by,
when
women,
with
all
their
energies
excited,
will
be
contented
to
be
the
mere
plaything
of
brother,
husband,
or
father.
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