{"product_id":"9781634500005","title":"True Ladies and Proper Gentlemen: Victorian Etiquette for Modern-Day Mothers and Fathers, Husbands and Wives, Boys and Girls, Teachers and Students, and More","description":"\u003cb\u003eRegardless of time period, some things hold true: kindness is timeless.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvasion 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWait a minute—the \u003ci\u003enineteenth\u003c\/i\u003e century?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany of the issues people faced in the 1880s and ’90s surprisingly remain problems in today’s modern world, so why not take a peek at some Victorian advice about negotiating life’s dizzying twists and turns? Gathered from period magazines and \u003ci\u003eHill’s Manual of Social and Business Forms,\u003c\/i\u003e a book on social conduct originally published in 1891, this volume provides timeless guidance for a myriad of situations, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe husband’s duty:\u003c\/b\u003e Give your wife every advantage that it is possible to bestow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuggestions about shopping:\u003c\/b\u003e Purchasers should, as far as possible, patronize the merchants of their own town. (Buy local!)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuggestions for travel:\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnclassified laws of etiquette:\u003c\/b\u003e Never leave home with unkind words.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis advice is accompanied by watercolors and illustrations throughout. Though these are tips originate from nineteenth-century ideas, you’ll find that they certainly do still apply.","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136437305584,"sku":"9781634500005","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781634500005_p0.jpg?v=1763681242","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781634500005","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}