True Ladies and Proper Gentlemen: Victorian Etiquette for

True Ladies and Proper Gentlemen: Victorian Etiquette for Modern-Day Mothers and Fathers, Husbands and Wives, Boys and Girls, Teachers and Students, and More

Regardless of time period, some things hold true: kindness is timeless.

Invasion of privacy; divorce; relationship issues; encounters between people from different places and cultures; new technologies developed at dizzying speeds . . . the hectic pace of life in the late nineteenth century could make the mind reel.

Wait a minuteÂ—the nineteenth century?

Many of the issues people faced in the 1880s and â€™90s surprisingly remain problems in todayâ€™s modern world, so why not take a peek at some Victorian advice about negotiating lifeâ€™s dizzying twists and turns? Gathered from period magazines and Hillâ€™s Manual of Social and Business Forms, a book on social conduct originally published in 1891, this volume provides timeless guidance for a myriad of situations, including:

The husbandâ€™s duty: Give your wife every advantage that it is possible to bestow.
Suggestions about shopping: Purchasers should, as far as possible, patronize the merchants of their own town. (Buy local!)
Suggestions for travel: Having paid for one ticket, you are entitled to only one seat. It shows selfishness to deposit a large amount of baggage in the surrounding seats and occupy three or four.
Unclassified laws of etiquette: Never leave home with unkind words.

This advice is accompanied by watercolors and illustrations throughout. Though these are tips originate from nineteenth-century ideas, youâ€™ll find that they certainly do still apply.
Country USA
Brand Skyhorse
Manufacturer Skyhorse
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781632205827
ReleaseDate 2015-05-19
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EANs 9781632205827

Country	USA
Brand	Skyhorse
Manufacturer	Skyhorse
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781632205827
ReleaseDate	2015-05-19
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781632205827

True Ladies and Proper Gentlemen: Victorian Etiquette for Modern-Day Mothers and Fathers, Husbands and Wives, Boys and Girls, Teachers and Students, and More