Download or read book American Dancing Master, and Ball-room Prompter written by Elias Howe and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of several manuals credited to the well-known American inventor, Elias Howe. Like many nineteenth-century dance manuals, it is a compilation of other sources and assembled by a publisher. The book begins with a brief description of etiquette of the ballroom and continues with information on the supper room and how to arrange balls. The work also discusses many popular group dances including the quadrille, country dance, and German or parlor cotillon as well as round dances--polka, schottisch, esmeralda, polka redowa, and zingerilla.