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left hand to her partner, and they promenade back to place at the top of 

 the line. (This figure is frequently omitted.) Top couple advance, cour- 

 tesy and bow, then lady turns off to the right, gentlemen to the left, each 

 followed by the rest of her or his line. Top couple meet at the bottom of 

 figure, join hands, and raising their arms, let all the other couples pass 

 under them towards the top of the line, till all reach their own places, 

 except the top, who have now become the bottom couple. Figure is re- 

 peated from the beginning, until the top couple having once more worked 

 their way back to their original places at the top of the line. 



(Etiquette of 0urt0hrp anb 



FIEST STEPS IN OOUETSHIP, 



T would be out of place in these pages to grapple with a sub- 

 ject so large as that of Love in its various phases : a theme 

 that must be left to poets, novelists, and moralists to dilate 

 upon. It is sufficient for our purpose to recognise the 

 existence of this, the most universal the most powerful 

 of human passions, when venturing to offer our counsel and 

 guidance to those of both sexes who, under its promptings, 

 have resolved to become votaries of Hymen, but who, from 

 imperfect knowledge of conventional usages, are naturally 

 apprehensive that at every step they take they may render themselves 

 liable to misconception, ridicuHj or censure. 



We will take it for granted, then, that a gentleman has in one way or 

 another become fascinated by a fair lady possibly a recent acquaintance 

 whom he is most anxious to know more particularly. His heart already 

 feels " the inly touch of love," and his most ardent wish is to have that 

 love returned. 



At this point we venture to give him a word of serious advice. We 

 urge him, before he ventures to take any step towards the pursuit of this 

 object, to consider well his position and prospects in life, and reflect 

 whether they are such as to justify him in deliberately seeking to win 



