PEEL, Mrs C.S.

[119] pp.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

1929

7 1/2″ x 5 3/4″

A practical guide including parlourmaid’s work in general.

A 1929 instructional handbook for the parlourmaid. The book was written by Constance Peel OBE (1868-1934) a writer of practical guides for domestic economy and management, a journalist and an advocate for the improvement of women’s lives, especially within the home. The guide is intended as a practical manual for ladies wishing to obtain employment as a parlourmaid and includes chapters on how to lay and wait at table, the service of drinks, cigars and cigarettes, how to carve, the care of gentlemen’s clothes and other duties. The book is a fascinating record of early twentieth century household etiquette and management.