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Cecil B. Hartley
Best known for a classic guide to nineteenth-century manners, this author wrote practical books that captured the social rules and ideals of the era. The name is also closely linked with lively historical works about frontier figures such as Daniel Boone and Lewis Wetzel.
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About the author
Cecil B. Hartley is best known today for The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness, first published in 1860. The book offered detailed advice on conduct, conversation, dress, correspondence, and public behavior, and it has remained the name most often associated with Hartley.
Works listed under Cecil B. Hartley also include popular nineteenth-century historical and biographical titles such as Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer and Life and Adventures of Lewis Wetzel, the Virginia Ranger. Modern library and book databases continue to group these books under the same author name, which suggests a lasting reputation built on both etiquette writing and frontier biography.
Some modern book sources describe Cecil B. Hartley as a pen name connected to Florence Hartley, the Victorian writer known for etiquette books aimed at women. Because that detail is not consistently documented across major reference sources, it is best treated with caution.