View of the center hallway of the stacks in a library.Black and white photograph of two slim, dark-haired young women, likely librarians, standing in profile, facing each other; the woman at left, who ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A couple with whom my wife and I occasionally socialize told us about their planned vacation to, among other places, the Gettysburg battlefield. I am a Civil War enthusiast and I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A couple with whom my wife and I occasionally socialize told us about their planned vacation to, among other places, the Gettysburg battlefield. I am a Civil War enthusiast and I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For (expletive’s) sake, will this ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A couple with whom my wife and I occasionally socialize told us about their planned vacation to, among other places, the Gettysburg battlefield. I am a Civil War enthusiast and I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a writer and editor by profession, so I read books with a critical eye. I bought a book written by an acquaintance of several years ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am a writer and editor by profession, so I read books with a critical eye. I bought a book written by an acquaintance of several years ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My stepson is a successful novelist. I’m reading an advanced copy of his new book, which is brilliant, but contains a neurodivergent character that doesn’t ring quite true to me. (I ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: At a book club meeting at our local library, the conversation got slightly off topic for a short period of time. One of the participants said, loudly, “For (expletive’s) sake, will ...

In the James Cameron film “Titanic” there’s a brief scene in which a young girl gets poked in the back so that she’ll sit up straight, like a lady. Viewers are given to understand that they’re seeing ...

SAFE CONDUCT—Margaret Fishback—Modern Age ($.75),* Harcourt, Brace ($2). Normality, says the psychologists, is to be judged by your adjustment to your social environment. If the psychologists are ...

RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECENT BEHAVIOR—George Washington—Putnam ($1.25). George Washington was the product of an age which believed that form was as important to the art of living as to the art of ...