Project Gutenberg 2014-09-03 Public domain in the USA. 74 Jones, John 1774 Swift, Jonathan 1667 1745 Swift, J. (Jonathan) Meadows, Joseph Kenny 1790 1874 Meadows, J. (Joseph) Meadows, Kenny Meadous, Kenny Hints to servants : $b being a poetical and modernised version of Dean Swift's celebrated "Directions to servants;" in which something is added to the original text, but those passages are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a kitchen The butler -- The cook -- The valet -- The waiting-woman -- The footman -- The housekeeper -- The chambermaid -- The porter -- The housemaid -- The steward -- The groom -- The coachman -- The nursery maid -- The dairy-maid -- The wet nurse -- The laundress -- The governess -- General rules. Produced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Hints to servants: being a poetical and modernised version of Dean Swift's celebrated 'Directions to Servants;'" by an Upper Servant is a comedic collection of advice and observations targeting household staff, written in the early 19th century. This book reinterprets Dean Swift's original work, adapting it to contemporary contexts of the time while preserving its humorous and satirical undertones. The likely topic of the book revolves around the behaviors and quirks of different types of servants, offering tongue-in-cheek guidance on their duties and interactions with employers. The content of the book is structured as a series of poetic segments focusing on various types of servants, such as the Butler, Cook, Valet, and Housekeeper, among others. Each section mixes clever wordplay and humorous insights, revealing the often comical dynamics between servants and their masters. For example, the Butler is depicted as a cunning figure managing wine and hospitality with a mix of efficiency and deception, while the Cook shares her secrets for culinary success alongside her less-than-honest practices. Through witty verses, the book highlights the absurdities of servant life and the social hierarchies of the time, allowing readers a lighthearted glimpse into the world behind closed doors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Parodies, imitations, etc. Household employees -- Poetry PR Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 143024 143034 2024-09-19T13:34:34.701785 2023-09-20T09:37:23.283009 text/html text/html 138909 2014-09-02T19:09:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 633970 2014-09-02T19:09:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 676570 2024-09-19T13:34:39.353740 application/epub+zip 675665 2024-09-19T13:34:35.414798 application/epub+zip 122649 2024-09-19T13:34:35.057765 application/epub+zip 739537 2024-09-19T13:34:41.923737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 719180 2024-09-19T13:34:38.991785 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 168124 2022-09-21T09:14:56.494911 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 83427 83232 2024-09-19T13:34:33.891763 2023-09-20T09:37:22.510005 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 83522 2014-09-02T19:09:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 33369 2014-09-02T19:09:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 83513 2014-09-02T19:09:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 33346 2014-09-02T19:09:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22226 2024-09-19T13:34:42.076722 application/rdf+xml 23405 2024-09-19T13:34:35.149759 image/jpeg 2777 2024-09-19T13:34:35.103758 image/jpeg 642566 2024-09-19T13:34:34.747795 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia