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  How to be a Good Husband (Hardback) Edited by Bodleian Library

  

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  Short Description for How to be a Good HusbandThe art of being a good husband is not an easy one. This little guide was written in the 1930s for the middle classes - one of the first modern self-help books. Illustrated with contemporary line-drawings, it contains delightfully arcane and timelessly true advice: Don't think that your wife has placed waste-paper baskets in the rooms as ornaments.
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  • Publisher: The Bodleian Library
  • Published: 17 January 2008
  • Format: Hardback 96 pages
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  • Categories: Gender Studies: Men | Sociology: Family & Relationships | Social & Cultural History | Dating, Relationships, Living Together & Marriage
  • ISBN 13: 9781851243761 ISBN 10: 1851243763
  • Sales rank: 16,611

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Full description for How to be a Good Husband

• 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.