Full of humor and wit, this book was offered in 1827 in order that servants be given a handbook by which they might more efficiently perform the duties for which they were being paid.
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Be the best Butler you can be!,
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Do you know how to clean plate and silver wear? How to set up the dining room table? Make sure the tea set is ready for the mistress of the house? Which hard coal is the best one to use? How to prepare fish, fowl or mammals to be carved? How to make the best beer, lemonade and cooling cinnamon water?Well, this book is the answer to your dreams. Just don't use quick silver.
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I worked at Gore Place as an intern in college, where Robert Roberts worked. Many don't realize that this is often credited as the first book published in the US by an African-American. Insight into the labors of a butler in the early republic, of interest to those who are curious about lives of Af-Ams of the era, even though his race is never mentioned in the book.
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A slice of history with possible use today,
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I bought this book both as a training guide for my own servants and as a bit of historical research into butlers. Published in 1827 originally this book is a look into the lives of an upper class American family through the eyes of their butler. He covers everything you can image from claening to serving meals to appropriate dress to a philosophical discussion of the roles of servant and employers.
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IN order to get through your work in proper time, you should make it your chief study to rise early in the morning ; for an hour before the family rises is worth more to you than two after they are up ; for in this time you can get through the dirtiest part of the work, which you cannot well do after the family rises ; for then you always are liable to interruption ; therefore by having the dirtiest part of your work executed, it will prove a very great comfort to you. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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IN order to get through your work in proper time, you should make it your chief study to rise early in the morning ; for an hour before the family rises is worth more to you than two after they are up ; for in this time you can get through the dirtiest part of the work, which you cannot well do after the family rises ; for then you always are liable to interruption ; therefore by having the dirtiest part of your work executed, it will prove a very great comfort to you. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rhode Island New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The American Frugal Housewife: Dedicated to Those Who Are Not Ashamed of Economy (Cooking in America) by Lydia Child in Back Matter
- The American Frugal Housewife by M. Lydia Child in Back Matter
- The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Regency and Victorian England from 1811-1901 by Kristine Hughes on page 41, and page 206
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