"Samuel Ward McAllister (December 1827?January 31, 1895) was the self-appointed arbiter of New York society from the 1860s to the early 1890s."--Wikipedia.

Ward McAllister was a gentlemen living in the mid-to-late 19th century; this is his commentary of the high society of the time, the parties and social gathering

Why has punditry lately overtaken news? Why do lies seem to linger so long in the cultural subconscious even after they’ve been thoroughly discredited? And wh

Reproduction of the original: Society As I Have Found It by Ward McAllister

"Samuel Ward McAllister (December 1827?January 31, 1895) was the self-appointed arbiter of New York society from the 1860s to the early 1890s."--Wikipedia.