A handy 19th century guidebook for any would-be gentleman, offering nuggets of information on topics such as what to do if you find an insect in your food, and the correct etiquette for smoking cigars.
Cecil B. Hartley was a nineteenth-century biographer and etiquette expert. He is the author of The Gentleman's Guide to Etiquette (1860), The Life and Times of Colonel Daniel Boone (1860) and The Three Mrs Judsons (1863).
