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CailinDeas | 15:35 Tue 23rd Nov 2010 | Society & Culture
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Can't remember who wrote the Victorian book of British Etiquette. Can any of you help?
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Is the title correct, I can't find a reference to it anywhere. There is ...

Essential Handbook of Victorian Etiquette - by Thomas E. Hill

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Descent of Manners: Etiquette, Rules and the Victorians - by Andrew St.George
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Don't know correct title, but the author was a lady. She became an icon of "the proper things to say & do". Thanks for your help.
I did find this ,,,

Ladies' Pocket Book of Etiquitte (1840)
The Etiquette of Courtship and Marriage (1844)
The Etiquette of Courtship and Matrimony (1852)

Unfortunately, all three are by anonymous authors.
mrs beeton
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book of household management - i have it on my kindle (it was a free download) and it's hillarious
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