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100 1 _aPatmore, Emily A.
_q(Emily Augusta),
_d1824-1862
245 1 4 _aThe servant's behaviour book
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2026-03-05
508 _aTerry Jeffress, toy9683 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
520 _aThe servant's behaviour book by Emily A. Patmore is a conduct manual for maid servants written in the mid-19th century. It offers practical, step-by-step guidance on manners, speech, deportment, waiting at table, and dress, aimed at helping young women in small households appear well-bred and advance in service. The opening of the book adopts a warm, instructive tone, explaining that good manners are as vital as skill and can raise a servant’s prospects. It first lays down a central rule about voice and speech: do not speak unless necessary, be brief, avoid chat or “prefacing,” and apologize politely when you must intrude, with clear examples of both good and bad practice. It then covers using respectful titles (always “sir,” “ma’am,” “miss,” “Master John,” “Miss Julia”), and explains why reserve between mistress and servant protects everyone’s time and comfort. Early guidance also touches on speaking only in low tones around the house, never calling from room to room, answering orders and reproofs courteously, and the basics of quiet, graceful movement and posture when entering rooms and receiving instructions. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: Bell and Daldy, 1859
653 _aWomen household employees -- England -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78121
999 _c118841
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