Thomas Cosnett
Published: 2016-08-30
Total Pages: 292
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Excerpt from The Footman's Directory, and Butler's Remembrancer, or the Advice of Onesimus to His Young Friends: Comprising, Hints on the Arrangement and Performance of Their Work; Rules for Setting Out Tables and Sideboards; The Art of Waiting at Table, and Conducting Large and Small Parties I hope you will excuse the liberty I take in writing to you 3 but having writ: ten a few directions and observations for the use of Gentlemen's Servants, I was advised, after letting some of my friends see them, to ask you if you thought they might be made useful if published My endeavour has been to promote the comfort of those whom I have had the honour to serve, and to benefit my fellow-servants. Having been often employed myself in instructing young persons who had never been out in service! Before, 1 ima gined that a set of rules regularly laid down for the use of domestic servants might be very acceptable, and save a great deal of trouble to such ladies and gentlemen as only keep one footman, and are there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.