Help Me Identify An Old Etiquette Book

April 9, 2007 3:08 PM

Looking for an etiquette book I read a long time ago.

The book was a collection of letters from an Englishmen to his son. Lots of references to Greek mythology mixed in with rules of decorum and general observations about how to live. That's about all I have unfortunately. I'm fairly sure the author was a noble of some sort.

posted by cm to Writing & Language (3 answers total)

Probably not it but George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation is a fun read and contains tips such as "Spit not in the fire" and "Sleep not when others speak."
posted by nathancaswell at 3:31 PM on April 9, 2007

Chesterfield's Letters to his Son?

(Amazon)
posted by Orinda at 4:22 PM on April 9, 2007

Letter to my son?
posted by perpetualstroll at 1:47 AM on April 10, 2007