How to be a Good Husband

Item Code: 33218

A funny, charming book written during 1930s for the middle class reader in mind
One of the first "self help" guides published when such books were coming into vogue
Includes "don't criticise the food in front of the servants" & "always come to breakfast with a smile"
Ideal gift book for those who like to look at etiquette and manners over the years
In Hardback. Comprises 96 pages

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Ideal gift book for those who like to look at etiquette and manners over the years. Give it to your husband or boyfriend and see if he conforms with any of the tips therein, after all, the art of being a good husband is not an easy one.

This little guide was written for the middle classes of the 1930s who were reading one of the first modern self-help books. Illustrated with contemporary line-drawings, it contains advice by turns delightfully arcane and timelessly true, for example: "Don't squeeze the tube of toothpaste from the top instead of from the bottom". This is one of the small things of life that always irritates a careful wife. Don't think that your wife has placed waste-paper baskets in the rooms as ornaments. Don't tell your wife terminological inexactitudes, which are, in plain English, lies. A woman has wonderful intuition for spotting even minor departures from the truth. Do cultivate the habit of coming down to breakfast with a smile. Remember that as the head of the house, it is your duty to see that everyone starts the day in an atmosphere of happiness. Don't criticise the food at your own table when you are entertaining and especially refrain from doing so before the servants.

Make a great grown-up gift Christmas stocking filler or secret santa gift.