Roberts' Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff (eBook)

Robert Roberts (Autor)

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2014
192 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-62914-127-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Originally published in 1827, Roberts Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff was a handbook for servants to perform their duties more efficiently and thoughtfully. Roberts gives a plethora of information about household duties of a butler like: How to dress suitably for work Regulations for the dinner table Directions for cleaning tea trays Giving Britannia metal a brilliant polish Preserving fruits for the year Addressing and behaving properly around your employer And many more insightsRoberts provides information on how to make the best-tasting lemonade; preserving good wine for years; not passing judgments on the other servants; never letting your master ring the bell for you twice; cleaning dirty tables with a mix of milk, turpentine, and sweet oil; rubbing off rust with salad oil and lime; and other useful tidbits for the curious butler. This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of household help and will delight any nineteenth century enthusiast.

Autor

Robert Roberts: Robert Roberts (1780–1860) was the author of The House Servant’s Directory: A Monitor for Private Families, which was the first commercially published book written by an African American in the United States. In 1825 he became the butler for Christopher Gore, a governor and senator from Massachusetts, and remained in the position until Gore’s death in 1827.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Acids • baize • blacking • blades • books on acids • books on blades • books on boots • books on branches • books on brushes • books on candles • books on candlesticks • books on cleanings • books on cottons • books on forks • books on glasses • books on knives books on servants • books on lamps • books on leathers • books on linens • books on plates • books on polishes • books on powders • books on rusts • books on sockets • books on steels • books on suds • books on tapers • books on towels • books on washes • books on whitings • boots • Branch • brush • candles • Candlesticks • cleaning • cottons • dirtiest • foppish • forks • glasses • handles • knives • Lamps • Leather • linen • ornamented • Plate • plated • Polish • polished • Powder • prongs • rubbed • Rust • servants • Socket • steel • sublimely • suds • tapers • thimble • towel • wash • whiting
• ISBN-10: 1-62914-127-5 / 1629141275
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62914-127-5 / 9781629141275