Routledge's Ball-Room Guide — by the Author of 'Etiquette for Ladies' and 'Etiquette for Gentlemen' (London / New York, c.1880)

Dance manual/reference by George Routledge & Sons (London: Broadway, Ludgate Hill; New York: 9 Lafayette Place), c.1880-1885. Routledge's Miniature Library imprint (companion to: Language of Flowers, Etiquette for Ladies, Etiquette for Gentlemen, Ball-room Manual, Etiquette of Courtship and Matrimony, Carving, Toasts and Sentiments, How to Dress Well, Lover's Letter-Writer). Anonymous authorship. Source: archive.org identifier routledgesballro00geor. Dated c.1880 per the NY address '9 Lafayette Place' (Routledge from 1881) and the Polka being described as in popularity decline 'during the last five or six seasons' (i.e. post-1875). 25 chapters: How to Organise a Ball, Ball-room Toilette (Ladies / Gentlemen), Etiquette of the Ball-room, The Quadrille, The Caledonians, The Lancers, The Double Lancers, Coulon's Double Quadrille, The Polka, The Cellarius, The Mazurka Quadrille, The Polka Mazurka, The Redowa, The Schottische, The Varsoviana / Varsovienne, The Gorlitza, The Valse à Trois Temps, The Valse à Deux Temps, The New Valse, The Galop, The Cotillon, The Spanish Dance, The Tempete, Sir Roger de Coverley, Glossary of Terms used in Dancing. (1880). Imported from local collection.