Roberts' Guide for Butlers & Household St

by Robert Roberts

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Full of humor and wit, this book was offered in 1827 in order that servants be given a handbook by which they might more efficiently perform the duties for which they were being paid.

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Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

Be the best Butler you can be!, 2006-06-07
Do you know how to clean plate and silver wear? How to set up the dining room table? Make sure the tea set is ready for the mistress of the house? Which hard coal is the best one to use? How to prepare fish, fowl or mammals to be carved? How to make the best beer, lemonade and cooling cinnamon water?
Well, this book is the answer to your dreams.
Just don't use quick silver.

5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5 out of 5 stars

A slice of history with possible use today, 2002-12-05
I bought this book both as a training guide for my own servants and as a bit of historical research into butlers. Published in 1827 originally this book is a look into the lives of an upper class American family through the eyes of their butler. He covers everything you can image from claening to serving meals to appropriate dress to a philosophical discussion of the roles of servant and employers.

15 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4 out of 5 stars

A Piece of Social History, 2000-03-22
I worked at Gore Place as an intern in college, where Robert Roberts worked. Many don't realize that this is often credited as the first book published in the US by an African-American. Insight into the labors of a butler in the early republic, of interest to those who are curious about lives of Af-Ams of the era, even though his race is never mentioned in the book.

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