Manners maketh books
E.S. Turner, 20 August 1981
Debrett’s Etiquette and Modern Manners
edited by Elsie BurchDonald.
Debrett, 400 pp., £8.95, June 1981,0 905649 43 5 Show More
edited by Elsie BurchDonald.
Debrett, 400 pp., £8.95, June 1981,
“... If the Knight of Glin, the MacKinnon of MacKinnon and the McGillicuddy of the Reeks did not exist, there might be less need of books of etiquette. These veterans of Debrett’s Correct Form (where they rubbed shoulders with Midshipman the Duke of Loamshire, a difficult guest to place at table, especially with admirals present) are back trailing their dignities in Debrett’s Etiquette and Modern Manners ... ”
